Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

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

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

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

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

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

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.