Places NaomiK Wants to Go

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

This sandstone marvel of nature is worth a stop along Highway 65.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

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

One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

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

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A "gateway" into Mexico's northern border, represented by an abstract red tower.

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

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.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

The man who wasn't there.