Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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