Places Edited by nataliebopp

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

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

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

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

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.