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

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

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

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

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.