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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

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

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.