Austin, Texas
The Bottle House
Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.
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Austin, Texas
Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.
Katy, Texas
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.
Houston, Texas
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Houston, Texas
An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.
Corpus Christi, Texas
The oldest United States federal cemetery west of the Mississippi River.
Glen Rose, Texas
A museum showcasing fossils purportedly proving a 6,000-year-old Earth.
Tomball, Texas
Well-dressed pickle turned patriotic joint statue in old town Tomball.
Houston, Texas
A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.
Houston, Texas
Jog (or stroll) down an esplanade of fluctuating and whimsical sculpture works.
Waco, Texas
Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.
San Antonio, Texas
A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.
Beaumont, Texas
Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."
Katy, Texas
A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.
Houston, Texas
One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.
Huntsville, Texas
A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.
Amarillo, Texas
Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.
Galveston, Texas
This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.
Corpus Christi, Texas
A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Nederland, Texas
A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.
Galveston, Texas
The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.
Galveston, Texas
One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.
Galveston, Texas
Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.