A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

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

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

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

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

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.