Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

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

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

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

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

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

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

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

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