Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.