Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

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

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

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

The only international border marker within the United States.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

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

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

These boots are made for selfies.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.