Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

The man who wasn't there.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

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

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

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

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.