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

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

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

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

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

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.