An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.