At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

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

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

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

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

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

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

A one-of-a-kind blind-accessible, interactive mural.

The man who wasn't there.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

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.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.