Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

An underground river pushes more than 200 million gallons out of this Missouri spring every day.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.