Places dorionc Wants to Go

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

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

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Mysterious chains and iron stakes adorn this strange grave, with no explanation.

Heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this small town turns unexploded munitions into utensils.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.