Places klcmaher Wants to Go

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

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

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

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

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

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

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

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

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

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

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

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

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

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.