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.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Austin, Texas
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Heavener, Oklahoma
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.