Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

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

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

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

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.