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Old Man in the Peanut Secret Hideout
Permanently Closed

Austin, Texas

The Bottle House

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Forbidden Gardens
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Katy, Texas

Forbidden Gardens

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

The Big Bubble
Permanently Closed

Houston, Texas

The Big Bubble

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

Art Car Museum
Permanently Closed

Houston, Texas

Art Car Museum

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

Vintage mortician's makeup kit.
Permanently Closed

Houston, Texas

The Wilde Collection

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Graves

Corpus Christi, Texas

Old Bayview Cemetery

The oldest United States federal cemetery west of the Mississippi River.

The hyperbaric biosphere

Glen Rose, Texas

Creation Evidence Museum

A museum showcasing fossils purportedly proving a 6,000-year-old Earth.

Pre-2022 blunt days

Tomball, Texas

Tomball Pickle Man

Well-dressed pickle turned patriotic joint statue in old town Tomball.

Old ‘Hanging’ Oak

Houston, Texas

Old ‘Hanging’ Oak

A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.

Paul Carr Jogging Trail

Houston, Texas

Paul Carr Jogging Trail

Jog (or stroll) down an esplanade of fluctuating and whimsical sculpture works.

The Waco Suspension Bridge at night

Waco, Texas

Waco Suspension Bridge

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

The First Inhabitant

San Antonio, Texas

'The First Inhabitant'

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.

The entrance to the museum is easily visible.

Beaumont, Texas

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."

Barbara Snyder's gravestone.

Katy, Texas

The Witch’s Grave

A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.

The Hughes family plot.

Houston, Texas

Grave of Howard Hughes

One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.

The hat house

Huntsville, Texas

Cowboy Hat and Boot Houses

A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch first opened its doors in on Route 66 in 1962.

Amarillo, Texas

Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

The 10-foot-tall monument.

Galveston, Texas

1900 Storm Memorial

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue

Austin, Texas

Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue

A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.

Selena Memorial - Mirador de la Flor 2024

Corpus Christi, Texas

Mirador de la Flor

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Dutch Windmill Museum

Nederland, Texas

Dutch Windmill Museum

A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.

The Juneteenth Monument at Ashton Villa.

Galveston, Texas

Juneteenth Monument at Ashton Villa

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

Saddles on display.

Galveston, Texas

Bryan Museum

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

Orchestra seating in the Grand 1894 Opera House.

Galveston, Texas

The Grand 1894 Opera House

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

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