Places JaySky Wants to Go

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

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

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

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

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

These boots are made for selfies.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

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

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.