These boots are made for selfies.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

The magic's in the hole!

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

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.