At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

These boots are made for selfies.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

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