A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

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

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

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

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

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.