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A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

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

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.