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

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

An iconic view point of the Sea of Galilee offers a look into Israel's past.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

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

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.