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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.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

This magical oasis in East Texas is one of the most biodiverse acres in the country.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.