Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

The World's Largest Bull.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

These boots are made for selfies.

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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.