Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

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

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

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

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

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.