Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

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

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

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

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

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

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

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.