El Paso, Texas
Casa de Azucar
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
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El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Houston, Texas
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Baytown, Texas
Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.
Amarillo, Texas
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
Buffalo, New York
The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.
Takoma Park, Maryland
The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Minakami, Japan
This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.
Kilmun, Scotland
The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Bratislava, Slovakia
In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.
Centreville, Virginia
This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.