William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

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

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.

Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

Located along historic Route 66, this former gas station has been restored and converted into a museum filled with vintage motorcycles.

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.