Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

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

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

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

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

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

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

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

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

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.