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

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.

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

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

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.