In a Florida town known for antiques, this painted home became an art attraction and a symbol of love.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This roadside installation gives travelers a chance to stretch their legs. Don't worry—it doesn’t bite!

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A piece of I-45 graffiti has become one of Houston’s unofficial slogans.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

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

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

The man who wasn't there.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.