Places MMorlino Wants to Go

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

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

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.

A symbol of Texas pride.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

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

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

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

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

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.