This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

These boots are made for selfies.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.