Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.