A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

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

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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