This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

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

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

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

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A big museum full of little worlds.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.