Places chateauesque Wants to Go

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.