This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The man who wasn't there.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.