Places texastessa1 Wants to Go

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.