Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

These boots are made for selfies.

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

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

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

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

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.