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

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

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

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

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

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.