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

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

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

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.