An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

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

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.

These boots are made for selfies.

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

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

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

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

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