"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

"They died with their boots on."

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

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

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

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

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

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

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

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

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