This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

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

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

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

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

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 soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

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