Places caraobrien Wants to Go

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.