Places summisummi99 Wants to Go

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

The only international border marker within the United States.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

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

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

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

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

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.