Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

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

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

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

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

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

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.