The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

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

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

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

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

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.