The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

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

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

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

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

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

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

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

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

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.