Places diowyn Wants to Go

Striking natural chalk bluffs that rise dramatically along the Tombigbee River.

A forgotten 1800s burial vault hides in plain sight beneath a busy downtown Houston bridge.

Jog (or stroll) down an esplanade of fluctuating and whimsical sculpture works.

One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.

A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

A town pays homage to its namesake.

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

Three bronze beauty queens welcome you to “Miss America University.”

Though it's no longer a functioning train depot, this castle-like structure is an important piece of Oklahoma history.

There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A version of this picturesque mill has existed since the 1800s.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

This sandstone marvel of nature is worth a stop along Highway 65.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.