The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

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

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

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

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

The only international border marker within the United States.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.