Houston, Texas
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
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Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
San Antonio, Texas
Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.
San Antonio, Texas
On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."
San Antonio, Texas
A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.
San Antonio, Texas
This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.
San Antonio, Texas
Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.
San Antonio, Texas
The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.
San Antonio, Texas
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.
San Antonio, Texas
This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
San Antonio, Texas
This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Meade, Kansas
This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.
Ottawa, Kansas
The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.
Wilson, Kansas
This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.