Huntsville, Texas
Sam Houston Statue
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
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Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Midland, Texas
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Dallas, Texas
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Clinton, Tennessee
A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Pinson, Tennessee
Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.
Brownsville, Tennessee
An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.