The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

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

A venerable restaurant chain's one-off attempt to blur the line between themed eatery and amusement park

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.