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

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

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

These boots are made for selfies.

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

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

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

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

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.

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

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

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.