One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

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

Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.

A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.