An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

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

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

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

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

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

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.