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

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

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

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

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

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

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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