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

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

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

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

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.