This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

These boots are made for selfies.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.