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

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

The only international border marker within the United States.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

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

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

These boots are made for selfies.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

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

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

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

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

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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