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

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

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

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

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

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

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

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.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.