Places sarahebpms Wants to Go

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.