Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

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

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.