Places Nicole Lee Wants to Go

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

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

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.

The rusting hulk of a 250-foot-long merchant vessel remains where she grounded on the shore of Hudson Bay.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.