Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

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

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

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

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

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

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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