West, Texas
Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
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West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
College Station, Texas
Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.
College Station, Texas
Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.
Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
Miami Beach, Florida
This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Roswell, New Mexico
The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.
Corona, New Mexico
Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Key Biscayne, Florida
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Grand Isle, Louisiana
Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.