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

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

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

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

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

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

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

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

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

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

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

A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

A forgotten 1800s burial vault hides in plain sight beneath a busy downtown Houston bridge.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.