Places Scott Terrell Wants to Go

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

The former home of one of America's greatest short story writers is home to an annual pun competition.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

Some of the best Chinese-Vietnamese fusion can be found at outposts of this homegrown empire.

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

Houston’s oldest continuously-operating Tex-Mex restaurant has been a community hub since 1941.

Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

West African flavors shine at this unassuming strip mall spot in southwest Houston.

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.

This magical oasis in East Texas is one of the most biodiverse acres in the country.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

Wander among the gravestones in this historic border town.