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

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.