The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

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

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

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

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

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

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

These boots are made for selfies.

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

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.