This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

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

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.