Places kaptib91 Wants to Go

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

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

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

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.