Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

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

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

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

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

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

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

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

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

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.