A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

This magical oasis in East Texas is one of the most biodiverse acres in the country.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

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

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

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

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.