Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

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

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.