Places parymoppins Wants to Go

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

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

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

The charming collection celebrates a small Ohio village's Finnish roots.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.