Venture from downtown Houston to the suburb of Katy for stellar Malaysian food.

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

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

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

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

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

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

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

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

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

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.