Places ChrissyP Wants to Go

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

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

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.