Culberson County, Texas
Guadalupe Peak
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Fort Worth, Texas
Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Houston, Texas
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
San Antonio, Texas
This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.
Zavalla, Texas
The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Amarillo, Texas
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.