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Brackettville, Texas
Alamo Village
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Austin, Texas
Big Bertha Drum
Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.
San Antonio, Texas
Mission San Jose
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Dripping Springs, Texas
Hamilton Pool
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Old Tunnel Bat Colony
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Enchanted Rock
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Mill Valley, California
Nature Friends Tourist Club
Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."
West Glacier, Montana
Going-to-the-Sun Road
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Jerusalem, Israel
Meah Shearim
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz Mystery Spot
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Austin, Texas
Mayfield Park
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
