Places JaySky Wants to Go

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.

This Texas home and garden was the masterpiece of a British portrait painter.

An Americana dreamscape.

A tribute to one of the most memorable characters from the Transformers movie series.

A family of fiberglass giants.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.

An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.