Places 13rac1 Wants to Go

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

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

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

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

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

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

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

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