Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

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

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

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

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

These boots are made for selfies.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.