This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

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."

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.