Places arod8205 Wants to Go

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.