Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

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

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

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

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.