An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

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

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.