This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

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

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

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

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

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

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

A crew of die-hard train buffs spent decades turning a defunct stretch of railway in Oklahoma City into a museum now home to over 50 antique and restored trains.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.