Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

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

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

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

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

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

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

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.