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

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

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

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.