Places traceyjaynne Wants to Go

The final resting place for an internet icon.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

These boots are made for selfies.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

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

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

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

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

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

For more than 75 years, this living piece of history has been serving exceptional soul food.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.