In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

These boots are made for selfies.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

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

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.