This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

This library is a reader's paradise and a plant lover's dream.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

A town pays homage to its namesake.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

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

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

The man who wasn't there.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

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

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

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

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