Places greasekitten Wants to Go

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

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

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

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.