One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

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

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.