A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

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

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

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

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

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

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

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

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