With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

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

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

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

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

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

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

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

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