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

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

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

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

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

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

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

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

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

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.