This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

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

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

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

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.