Places SlyMeltedCheese Wants to Go

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

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

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.