Places aletalabak Wants to Go

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Austin’s first public mural is a 50-year-old psychedelic time capsule where armadillos, musicians, outlaws and local legends hide an entire city’s history in plain sight.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Well-dressed pickle turned patriotic joint statue in old town Tomball.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Welcome to a starkly beautiful sanctuary where the buffalo roam.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A museum showcasing fossils purportedly proving a 6,000-year-old Earth.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

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

This is one really big nut.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

One of the few slot canyons in New Mexico, this area is fantastic for hiking, camping, and stargazing.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.