Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

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

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

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.