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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.