The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

These boots are made for selfies.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.