Places RolfStraubhaar Wants to Go

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

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

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."