Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

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

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.