The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

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

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

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.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

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

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

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

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

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.