Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

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

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

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

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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

In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

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