Balmorhea, Texas
Balmorhea State Park Pool
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
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Fort Stockton, Texas
Paisano Pete
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Fredericksburg, Texas
National Museum of the Pacific War
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
San Antonio, Texas
Portland Cement Plant Ruins
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.
San Antonio, Texas
Japanese Tea Garden
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
San Antonio, Texas
Kiddie Park
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.
San Antonio, Texas
World's Largest Cowboy Boots
These boots are made for selfies.
Austin, Texas
Whip In
This convenience store-turned-brewpub serves up inventive Indian cuisine and a wide selection of beers.
Schulenburg, Texas
Painted Churches of Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Houston, Texas
Cajun Kitchen
Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.
Permanently Closed
Austin, Texas
‘Malin’s Fountain’
An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.
Zurich, Switzerland
Chaiselongue
This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.
Zurich, Switzerland
Findling vom Geissturm
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
Zurich, Switzerland
Haus Hiltl
Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.
Zurich, Switzerland
Ehgraben (Medieval Sewage Ditch)
Use a key to unlock this medieval sewer tunnel.
Zurich, Switzerland
Sodbrunnen Rennweg
A 700-year-old drinking fountain turned charity for the less fortunate of Zurich.
Naters, Switzerland
Naters Beinhaus
This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.
Basel, Switzerland
Spalentor
The most impressive of Basel's three remaining city gates.
Basel, Switzerland
Hoosesagg Museum (Pants Pocket Museum)
The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.
Weil am Rhein, Germany
Giant Chairs of Weil am Rhein
A town that sets itself apart with supersized designer seating.
Basel, Switzerland
Dreiländereck
A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.
Basel, Switzerland
Museum Tinguely
An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.
Basel, Switzerland
'Eine gefahrliche Uberfahrt' ('A Dangerous Crossing')
Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.
Zermatt, Switzerland
Mountaineers' Cemetery
This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.
