Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

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

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.