A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

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

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

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

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

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

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

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

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