Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

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

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.