A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

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

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.