Places yochris Wants to Go

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

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

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

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

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

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