Durant, Oklahoma
World's Largest Peanut
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
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Durant, Oklahoma
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Huntsville, Alabama
Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Huntsville, Alabama
Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Huntsville, Alabama
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Huntsville, Alabama
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
El Paso, Texas
A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
El Paso, Texas
A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Grapevine, Texas
In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Lampasas, Texas
A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Graford, Texas
The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Glen Rose, Texas
This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.
Saratoga, Texas
This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.
Dallas, Texas
This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.