Places sarahltait Wants to Go

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

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

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

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

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

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

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

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

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

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

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

The only international border marker within the United States.

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

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.