The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

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

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

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Some of the best Chinese-Vietnamese fusion can be found at outposts of this homegrown empire.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Houston’s oldest continuously-operating Tex-Mex restaurant has been a community hub since 1941.

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

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.