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

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

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

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

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

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

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

These boots are made for selfies.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.