Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

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

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

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

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.