Places eapya Wants to Go

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.