After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Here be dragons.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.