This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

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

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

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

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

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

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

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.