Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

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

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A defensive fortification carved into a cliff near Sydney Harbour.