This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

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

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

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

These boots are made for selfies.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.