An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

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

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

Beer lover's can-covered house.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

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

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

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

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

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

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.