These boots are made for selfies.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

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

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

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.