An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

These boots are made for selfies.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

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

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

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

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

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

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