Places cmdennison Wants to Go

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

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

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.