The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

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

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

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

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

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

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.