Places ATX Mike Wants to Go

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

An artist's statement of new uses for ordinary and discarded materials.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.