A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

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

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

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

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

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

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

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

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.