Places LiliCurtis Wants to Go

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

These boots are made for selfies.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.