Avoca, Iowa
Volkswagen Beetle Spider
Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.
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Avoca, Iowa
Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.
Seguin, Texas
The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.
New Braunfels, Texas
Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.
Omaha, Nebraska
Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”
Audubon, Iowa
The World's Largest Bull.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
Des Moines, Iowa
This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.
Elk Horn, Iowa
In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
College Station, Texas
Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Austin, Texas
This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
San Antonio, Texas
Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.