A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

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

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

These boots are made for selfies.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

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

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

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

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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