Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

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

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

The man who wasn't there.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

"They died with their boots on."

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

An old abandoned pharmacy building in Texas is brimming with collectibles and images of the little tuxedoed pooch.