Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

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

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

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

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

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

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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