Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

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

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.