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

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

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

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

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

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

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.