San Antonio, Texas
The Grotto
Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.
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San Antonio, Texas
Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.
San Antonio, Texas
This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
San Antonio, Texas
Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.
Seguin, Texas
The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.
San Antonio, Texas
A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!
Philip, South Dakota
Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."