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A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

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

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

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

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.