Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

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

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

These boots are made for selfies.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

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

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.