A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

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

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

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

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

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

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

These boots are made for selfies.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.