Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A symbol of Texas pride.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.