Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
College Station, Texas
Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.
College Station, Texas
Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.
College Station, Texas
Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Sulphur, Oklahoma
Once the smallest park in the national system.
Dallas, Texas
A city park that sits on top of a freeway.
Glen Rose, Texas
A park home to some unusually large rocks.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Salzburg, Austria
This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.
Vienna, Austria
In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.
Budapest, Hungary
Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.