Places afink Wants to Go

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

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

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

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

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

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

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

These boots are made for selfies.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.