American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

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

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

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 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

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

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

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

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

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

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

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