A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

These boots are made for selfies.

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

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

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

East Nashville's oldest dive bar will bring you back to life with animal-style bar fare.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.