Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

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

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

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

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

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

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

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

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.