Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

A symbol of Texas pride.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

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.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

This Texas home and garden was the masterpiece of a British portrait painter.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

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

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.