Places mavery367 Wants to Go

Traditional craftwork and modern pop culture merge in this piñata workshop.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

An old adobe structure first built in the 1890s is a desert watering hole plastered with dollar bills and odd West Texas finds.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

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

Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.