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

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

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

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

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.

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

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

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

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

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

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