El Paso, Texas
Hueco Tanks
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
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El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.
Fort Worth, Texas
Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
Houston, Texas
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
Carthage, Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
San Antonio, Texas
This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.
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.
Burnet, Texas
This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.
Houston, Texas
An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.