Groom, Texas
The Leaning Tower of Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
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Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Pine, Arizona
The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.
Roosevelt, Arizona
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Tucson, Arizona
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Inari, Finland
A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.
Inari, Finland
This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
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.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Waxahachie, Texas
Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Austin, Texas
Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.