Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

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.

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

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.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

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

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

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

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

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

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

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

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

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

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.