A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

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

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

The man who wasn't there.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

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

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

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

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

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

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.