Houston is as cosmopolitan as any other town. Maybe more so, considering that it has a huge multicultural influence from around the world. But all that goes out the window when the rodeo comes to town.
These statues rise above the main entrance of the Southern Tower of the Grand Palais.
This Aztec skeleton represents Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, a god ... the Aztecs believed devoured people out late at night. Such images were used to teach children obedience.