An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

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

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

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

High-end dining has a home in this former gas station.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.