A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

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

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

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

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.