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Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

Tulsa's historic skyscrapers define the oil boom era of Art Deco construction, and are known for their ornate arched lobbies.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

Located along historic Route 66, this former gas station has been restored and converted into a museum filled with vintage motorcycles.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This convenience store-turned-brewpub serves up inventive Indian cuisine and a wide selection of beers.

The former home of one of America's greatest short story writers is home to an annual pun competition.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

This former ghost town high in the mountains of northern Mexico is now a pilgrimage site.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

At this research institute, the chile is king.