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

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

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

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

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

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

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

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

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.