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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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