Places ambermriley Wants to Go

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

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

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

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

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

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