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

Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

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

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

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

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

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

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

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

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

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

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

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.