Places whitakerdeanna Wants to Go

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

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

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

This library is a reader's paradise and a plant lover's dream.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A family of fiberglass giants.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.