Places mjh Wants to Go

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.