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This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

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

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

These boots are made for selfies.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

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