This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

These boots are made for selfies.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

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

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.