Galveston, Texas
The Grand 1894 Opera House
Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.
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Galveston, Texas
Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.
Galveston, Texas
The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
Galveston, Texas
This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.
Galveston, Texas
This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Texas City, Texas
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
Saint Hedwig, Texas
A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.
Silver Plume, Colorado
The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.
Morrison, Colorado
A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
Breckenridge, Colorado
The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.
Idaho Springs, Colorado
This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.
Lakewood, Colorado
Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Galveston, Texas
This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.
Bailey, Colorado
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Galveston, Texas
The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.