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Science specialist and payload commander Michael Anderson's exhibit.

Hemphill, Texas

Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum

Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

Sal del Rey

Edinburg, Texas

Sal del Rey

This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.

‘Moonwalker’

Houston, Texas

‘Moonwalker’

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

Trail through rose bushes.

Tyler, Texas

Tyler Rose Garden

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

Sportsmanship.

Henderson, Texas

Rusk County Youth Expo Center

Your one-stop-shop for antique tractor shows and emotional paintings of children championing livestock.

Donkey Lady Bridge

San Antonio, Texas

Old Applewhite Bridge

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."

Glass bathroom beside giant outdoor checkers set

Sulphur Springs, Texas

Glass Bathrooms of Sulphur Springs

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

Santa Claus Museum

Columbus, Texas

Santa Claus Museum

An entire home filled with over 3,000 pieces of Santa memorabilia in glass cases, walls, on Christmas trees, and even in the bathroom.

Shepard's Barber Shop

Conroe, Texas

Shepard's Barber Shop

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve imagery

Freeport, Texas

Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

Sandra West's unassuming tombstone hides a wild ride below the surface

San Antonio, Texas

Grave of Sandra West and Her Ferrari

In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.

World's Largest Bowie Knife

Bowie, Texas

World's Largest Bowie Knife

A town pays homage to its namesake.

Visitors to Lev's Gathering Place can listen to thousands of classic recordings from the Golden Age of black gospel music.

Waco, Texas

Lev's Gathering Place

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.

The monument, pictured by the artist himself.

Galveston, Texas

Pink Dolphin Monument

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

The Saloon building

Comfort, Texas

The Cartoon Saloon

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

Little Czech Bakery

West, Texas

Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin'

Austin, Texas

Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin'

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Beautiful mural.

San Antonio, Texas

Educación

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

Longview Cemetery

Austin, Texas

Longview Cemetery

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

The Church at Texas

Palmer, Texas

The Church at Texas

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

 Resaca De La Palma State Park

Brownsville, Texas

Resaca De La Palma State Park

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

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.

Regulator-Moderator War Centennial Marker

Linden, Texas

Regulator-Moderator War Centennial Marker

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

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.

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