"They died with their boots on."

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

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.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

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

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

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

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

The man who wasn't there.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.