Katy, Texas
World’s Longest Car Wash
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
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Katy, Texas
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Glen Rose, Texas
This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.
Glen Rose, Texas
A park home to some unusually large rocks.
Weatherford, Texas
The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.
Weatherford, Texas
This Texas home and garden was the masterpiece of a British portrait painter.
Cisco, Texas
Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Cisco, Texas
Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Moab, Utah
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
Round Mountain, Texas
This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Thomasville, Georgia
This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.
Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Mountainair, New Mexico
The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Roswell, New Mexico
Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.