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

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

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

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.