A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

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

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

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

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

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

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

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

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

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

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

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