Places claireromama Wants to Go

This museum celebrates dogs through unusual stories from their owners.

A quiet grave marks the site of a centuries-old fairytale love story that turned out to be a real murder.

A crumbling Caribbean resort hidden just steps from a beautiful pink sand beach.

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.

The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.

The “capital city of the Kingdom of Skullbonia” features a general store and a mural spotlighting the town’s bareknuckle boxers.

Behold the uncanny sight of the Golden Arches—rendered in black.

A sandstone canyon wilderness with a history of outlaws, mysterious disappearances, and a UFO encounter.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.

A beautiful bronze sculpture by Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad, who is indelibly tied to Dallas.

A piece of I-45 graffiti has become one of Houston’s unofficial slogans.

An old adobe structure first built in the 1890s is a desert watering hole plastered with dollar bills and odd West Texas finds.

The Princess Mishawaka statue and story honor the legend of a Shawnee Indian heroine and promoted tourism in the 1930s.

A fantastic resource for information on both Route 66 and the local area.

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

A devilish mask still mocks a king’s rumored love nest across the street.

This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.

An important message and optimistic splash of color in a troubled neighborhood.

A unique Baroque monument that creates a fascinating “theater of memory” focused on the themes of human transience and the hope for resurrection.