The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

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

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

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

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

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

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

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