A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

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

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

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

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

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

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

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

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.