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

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

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

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The only international border marker within the United States.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.