A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

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.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

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

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.