Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

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

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

These boots are made for selfies.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.