Places Adventure Monkey Wants to Go

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."

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

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

A town pays homage to its namesake.

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

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.