Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

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

The only international border marker within the United States.

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

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

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

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

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

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

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

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

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

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.