Places JaySky Wants to Go

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

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

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

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.