A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

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

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

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

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

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

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

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

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.