This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

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

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

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

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

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

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.