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At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.