Places texastessa1 Wants to Go

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The only international border marker within the United States.

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.