Balmorhea, Texas
Balmorhea State Park Pool
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
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Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Dallas, Texas
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Austin, Texas
A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Houston, Texas
An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
Austin, Texas
A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Durham, North Carolina
The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.
Robbinsville, North Carolina
A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Manteo, North Carolina
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Cameron, North Carolina
The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This scented city oasis was a labor of love.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Corolla, North Carolina
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.