A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

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

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

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

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

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

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

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

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

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

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

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

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

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

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

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.