No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

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

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

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

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.