Places Ryshili Wants to Go

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

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

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

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

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

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

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.