The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.