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Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center

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.

Dutch Windmill Museum

Nederland, Texas

Dutch Windmill Museum

A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.

The abandoned palace in 2008. The two smaller orbs have since been removed.

Houston, Texas

Palace of the Golden Orbs

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

The Gas Station

Bastrop, Texas

The Gas Station

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Ms. Pearl

Cedar Creek, Texas

Ms. Pearl

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

Pecan Pie Vending Machine

Cedar Creek, Texas

Pecan Pie Vending Machine

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Lytton Springs General Store

Dale, Texas

Lytton Springs General Store

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 Watermelon Water Tower

Luling, Texas

Luling Watermelon Water Tower

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Enchanted Rock

Fredericksburg, Texas

Enchanted Rock

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

Top 'o Hill Terrace

Arlington, Texas

Top 'o Hill Terrace

A Prohibition-era casino once hidden as a palatial tea room.

Half Price Books Flagship Store

Dallas, Texas

Half Price Books Flagship Store

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

Majors Stadium

Greenville, Texas

Majors Stadium

The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.

Thermal Spring Cascades

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Thermal Spring Cascades

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

The Arlington Hotel

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Reighard's Gold Star Service Station

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Reighard's Gold Star Service Station

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

Ruins of the Cornish Estate

Cold Spring, New York

Ruins of the Cornish Estate

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

The Bishop is the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Honolulu, Hawaii

Bishop Museum

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Iolani Palace

Honolulu, Hawaii

Iolani Palace

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Byodo-In Temple.

Kaneohe, Hawaii

Valley of the Temples Memorial Park

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

World's Largest Plant Maze

Wahiawa, Hawaii

World's Largest Plant Maze

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Japanese Fishing Shrine, Umi Mamori Jizo

Honolulu, Hawaii

Japanese Fishing Shrine (Umi Mamori Jizo)

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

The Skyliner gondola ride station

Warwick, Rhode Island

Rocky Point Amusement Park

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Danger Bridge sign

Warwick, Rhode Island

Danger Bridge

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

Station Fire site, six years after the tragedy

West Warwick, Rhode Island

Station Fire Memorial Park

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

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