An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.