The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

JFK's assassin rented a room in the boarding house in the weeks leading up to the 1963 shooting.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

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

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Well-dressed pickle turned patriotic joint statue in old town Tomball.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

This 250-to 375-year-old live oak tree towers over the back garden of a local history museum.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

This statue is in the center of San Jacinto Plaza, commemorating the live alligator pond that once stood in the area.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.