Places joparkman Wants to Go

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

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

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

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

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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

These boots are made for selfies.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

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.

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

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.