A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

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

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

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

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

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

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

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

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

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.