The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

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

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

"They died with their boots on."

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

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

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.