2. Marfa, Texas
In 1883, the town of Marfa was founded as a water stop and a railway freight headquarters. During World War II, in the 1940s, the town was an important flight training base.
The name of this place comes from a fictional character in the novel The Brothers Karamazov, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Marfa was known for her creative side and free spirit. And during the late 1970s, after artist Donald Judd relocated here, one of the biggest contemporary art galleries in the USA, the Chinati Foundation, was founded in Marfa.
One of the most famous art pieces that you can see in this town is the Prada installation made by Elmgreen & Dragset. The installation is built along U.S. Route 90, and if you are not careful, it looks like any storefront you have seen.
If you know about the film Giant, starring Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, you should know that it was filmed in Marfa and brought attention to the Marfa Ghost Lights. This phenomenon, consisting of some strange lights that resembled car headlights, was attributed to UFOs or ghosts.
