A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

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

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

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

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.