Places amygreenintexas Wants to Go

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

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

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

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

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

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

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.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.