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The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

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

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

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

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.