Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

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

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.