A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

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

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

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

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

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

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

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.