Places gdm584 Wants to Go

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

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

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

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

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

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

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

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

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.