The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

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

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.