Places teck63 Wants to Go

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."

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

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

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

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

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

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

These boots are made for selfies.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.