Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

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

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