Places Jess Wants to Go

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

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

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.

Ancient Phoenician and Roman tombs carved into the rock overlook the Moroccan coastline.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.