A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

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

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

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

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

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.