A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

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

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

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

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

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

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.