Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

An underwater city for the dead.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

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

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

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

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

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

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

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.