Des Moines, Iowa
Robert D. Ray Asian Garden
Dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of the state's former governor.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of the state's former governor.
Vernier, Switzerland
One of the world's largest skateboard collections is on display inside a historical mansion.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Kansas City, Missouri
An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
What Cheer, Iowa
No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Davis, Oklahoma
What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.
Austin, Texas
To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.
Hemphill, Texas
Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.
Zavalla, Texas
The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.
San Angelo, Texas
The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Houston, Texas
Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.
Houston, Texas
Local arts organization founded in a former church.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Comfort, Texas
This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.