In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

A town pays homage to its namesake.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

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

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.