San Antonio, Texas
Bracken Cave
The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
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San Antonio, Texas
The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Tequisquiapan, Mexico
This detailed miniature model covers all aspects of life in a small Mexican village.
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico
Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.
Puebla, Mexico
Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.
Teuchitlán, Mexico
The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.
Mexico City, Mexico
This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.
Mexico City, Mexico
Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.
Mexico City, Mexico
A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.