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.

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

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

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

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

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

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

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

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

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

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

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

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

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.