Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

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

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

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

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

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

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.