Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

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

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

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

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.