Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

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

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

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

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

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.