One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A storybook church made from a mesmerizing medley of multi-colored stones.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

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

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.