Orange, Texas
Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.
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Orange, Texas
Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.
Nederland, Texas
A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.
Houston, Texas
An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Cedar Creek, Texas
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Dale, Texas
Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.
Luling, Texas
A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Arlington, Texas
A Prohibition-era casino once hidden as a palatial tea room.
Dallas, Texas
A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.
Greenville, Texas
The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.
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.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.
Cold Spring, New York
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.
West Warwick, Rhode Island
Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.