Places spookynin 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.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

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

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

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

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

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

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

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

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

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

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

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

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

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

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

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

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