Fort Stockton, Texas
Paisano Pete
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
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Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Junction, Texas
A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Berryville, Arkansas
Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Jefferson City, Missouri
This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Mountain View, Missouri
The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.
Lesterville, Missouri
Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.
Kansas City, Missouri
This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.
Van Buren, Missouri
Often referred to as the largest spring in America.
Ellington, Missouri
One of the deepest springs in Missouri.
Eminence, Missouri
A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Round Spring, Missouri
An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Defiance, Missouri
Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.