Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.