Preachers and shipbuilders collaborated to create a place of worship in this island community

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.