Cedar Creek, Texas
Ms. Pearl
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Places I've been
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Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Houston, Texas
An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Phraeksa, Thailand
All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.
Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
Bangkok, Thailand
Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.
Pattaya, Thailand
A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.
Bang Muang Mai, Thailand
This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.
Xian Shi, China
Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Xian Shi, China
An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Iceland
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
Baturiti, Indonesia
This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.