Cedar Creek, Texas
Ms. Pearl
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
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Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Schulenburg, Texas
Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Nederland, Texas
A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.
Houston, Texas
The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.
Houston, Texas
Tune into an alternate universe at this immersive art installation.
Houston, Texas
At Houston’s longest-running restaurant, find a classic oyster stew beloved by a former U.S. President.
Houston, Texas
This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Savannah, Georgia
This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!