The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

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

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

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

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.

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.