The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

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.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.