A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.