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

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

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

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

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

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

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

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

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

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.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.