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

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

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

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.