Places JaySky Wants to Go

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

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

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

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

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

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

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

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

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

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.