Places sillilittleman Wants to Go

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

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

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

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

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

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.