Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

This small museum tells the story of Fort Worth's first and largest superstore.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

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

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

The man who wasn't there.

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

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

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

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The only international border marker within the United States.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

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

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.