Places jstuber20 Wants to Go

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

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

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

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

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

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

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

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

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

A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.

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

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

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

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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