Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

A symbol of Texas pride.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

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

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.