A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

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

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.