Places TeamDD Wants to Go

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

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

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

"They died with their boots on."

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

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

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The only international border marker within the United States.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.