Places WilliamHurst Wants to Go

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

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

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.