Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

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

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

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

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

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

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

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.