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Inside the Mothman Museum

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Museum

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Dapper Cadaver

Madison, Wisconsin

Dapper Cadaver

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Reveille Cemetery; C. Matthew Pyryt/Photographer

College Station, Texas

Reveille Mascot Cemetery

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Parking lot 1/4 of a mile away from the explosion

Texas City, Texas

Texas City Memorial

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Spur, Lampasas Texas

Lampasas, Texas

World's Largest Spur

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

Baby Head Cemetery

Llano, Texas

Baby Head Cemetery

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

Dead Man's Hole

Marble Falls Township, Texas

Dead Man's Hole

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

Mission San Jose

San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Jose

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Delicate painting

Schulenburg, Texas

Painted Churches of Texas

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

Alamo Village
Permanently Closed

Brackettville, Texas

Alamo Village

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

The closed Starship Pegasus
Permanently Closed

Italy, Texas

Starship Pegasus

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

Wall of Fame

Fort Worth, Texas

Billy Bob’s Texas

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

The Church at Texas

Palmer, Texas

The Church at Texas

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

Original saloon/courthouse.

Langtry, Texas

Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

The museum exterior.

Texas City, Texas

Texas City Museum

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

Barton Springs Pool

Austin, Texas

Barton Springs

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Sam Houston Statue

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Helium Time Columns Monument

Amarillo, Texas

Helium Time Columns Monument

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

The Second Amendment Cowboy

Amarillo, Texas

The Second Amendment Cowboy

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

Union BC in 2014.

Jefferson, Texas

Union Missionary Baptist Church

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

The Paisano Pete statue

Fort Stockton, Texas

Paisano Pete

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Ace of Clubs House

Texarkana, Texas

Ace of Clubs House

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

Below the blast furnaces are some small buildings where miners, foremen and their families lived.

Big Bend National Park, Texas

Mariscal Mine

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

Animatronic LBJ tells stories and makes jokes

Austin, Texas

Animatronic Lyndon Baines Johnson

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

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