Places LauraAndFauna Wants to Go

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.