Fort Stockton, Texas
Paisano Pete
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Houston, Texas
Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Fort Collins, Colorado
This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Pasadena, California
A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.
San Bernardino County, California
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
San Bernardino, California
The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.