The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

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

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

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

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

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

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

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

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.