The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

A family of fiberglass giants.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.