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A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

These boots are made for selfies.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.