Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

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

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

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

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

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

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

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

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.