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

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

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

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

This small museum tells the story of Fort Worth's first and largest superstore.

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.

Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.