Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

"They died with their boots on."

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The man who wasn't there.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

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.