The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

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.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.