This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.