$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.