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

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

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

Beer lover's can-covered house.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.