The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

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

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

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

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

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

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

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

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.