Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

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

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

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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.