A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

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

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

These boots are made for selfies.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

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

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

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

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Beer lover's can-covered house.