Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

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

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

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

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

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

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

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

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

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

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

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

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

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