Linden, Texas
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This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.
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Linden, Texas
This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.
Texarkana, Texas
$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
Smithville, Texas
A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.
Bellaire, Texas
A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.
Houston, Texas
This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.
Houston, Texas
Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.
Houston, Texas
In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.
New York, New York
This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
Houston, Texas
The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.
Safford, Arizona
One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.
Sells, Arizona
The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Twentynine Palms, California
Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.
Holmdel, New Jersey
A monument commemorating the discoverer of radio astronomy.
Redwood City, California
A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.
Livingston, New Jersey
An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.
Garden City, New York
This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Tucson, Arizona
A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
Los Angeles, California
This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”
West Lafayette, Indiana
Walk in the footsteps of the famed astronaut at Purdue University.