A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

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

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

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.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

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

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