Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

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

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

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.