World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

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

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

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

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

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.