Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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

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

These boots are made for selfies.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

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

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.

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

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

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

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