Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

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

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.