Places mary3moriarty Wants to Go

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

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

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

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

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

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

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.