This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

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

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

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

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