A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.

This small museum tells the story of Fort Worth's first and largest superstore.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.