Austin, Texas
Toy Joy
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
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Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Irving, Texas
This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.
Plano, Texas
This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.
Terrell, Texas
A tribute to one of the most memorable characters from the Transformers movie series.
Dallas, Texas
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Lindale, Texas
Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.
Waxahachie, Texas
Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.
Alamosa County, Colorado
A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.
Denver, Colorado
Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.
Denver, Colorado
A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Bluff City, Tennessee
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Petros, Tennessee
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Nederland, Colorado
Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.