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

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

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

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

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

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

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

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

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

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

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

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.