Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

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

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.