Austin, Texas
Big Bertha Drum
Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Austin, Texas
Mayfield Park
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Austin, Texas
Toy Joy
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Houston, Texas
Houston Maritime Museum
This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.
Katy, Texas
World’s Longest Car Wash
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
Houston, Texas
Eclectic Menagerie Park
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Grecia, Costa Rica
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
This Costa Rican chapel is the most metal church in the world, literally.
Zarcero, Costa Rica
Parque Francisco Alvarado
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
