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

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

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

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

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.