The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

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

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

This is one really big nut.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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