Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

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

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

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

These boots are made for selfies.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

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

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.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.