This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

These boots are made for selfies.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

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

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

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

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

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

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

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

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.