Places dttxo Wants to Go

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

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

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

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

An abstract sculpture memorializing a student massacre that took place in 1971.

One of the best examples of Modernist religious architecture in Mexico City.

Mexico's second-tallest monument, now half-hidden in a private residential complex.

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

Outside a market, beautiful murals pay tribute to fruit sellers and farmers, as well as a few legendary artists.

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.