A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

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

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

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

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

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

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

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

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.