Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

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

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

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