Places poerlydone Wants to Go

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

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

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.