Places RouteDown Wants to Go

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

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

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.