Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

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

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

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

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

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

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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