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A vintage train engine

DeQuincy, Louisiana

DeQuincy Railroad Museum

Thousands of railroad artifacts are housed in one of the last remaining mission revival style train depots in the South.

This live oak has stood sentinel for at least three centuries of SW Louisiana history.

Lake Charles, Louisiana

The Sallier Oak

This 250-to 375-year-old live oak tree towers over the back garden of a local history museum.

LARC's Acadian Village

Lafayette, Louisiana

LARC's Acadian Village

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

The Black Heritage Gallery is in the historic Beaux-Arts City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, now a dynamic exhibition space in Lake Charles.

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Black Heritage Gallery

This gallery dedicated to regional and emerging Black artists is housed in a historic building-turned-arts-hub.

Stonehenge II

Ingram, Texas

Stonehenge II

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Nearly every inch is lined with speleothems.

Sonora, Texas

Caverns of Sonora

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

A crowd gathered to watch bats emerge from the Devil's sinkhole.

Rocksprings, Texas

Devil's Sinkhole

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Dino tracks.

Helotes, Texas

Dinosaur Tracks at Government Canyon

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

St Dominic's at twilight.

Hondo, Texas

Ruins of St Dominic's Catholic Church

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Comanche Lookout Tower

San Antonio, Texas

Comanche Lookout Park

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

The Giant Stag of Converse

Converse, Texas

The Giant Stag of Converse

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

Mission San Jose

San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Jose

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

Hot Wells Hotel and Spa. (Creative Commons)

San Antonio, Texas

Hot Wells Hotel and Spa

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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."

Cool Crest Miniature Golf

San Antonio, Texas

Cool Crest Miniature Golf

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

Berlin Bear.

San Antonio, Texas

The Berlin Bear

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Original city center marker.

San Antonio, Texas

San Fernando Cathedral City Centers

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

Native sculpture.

San Antonio, Texas

McNutt Sculpture Garden

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Picture from the bridge

San Antonio, Texas

The Grotto

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

B.C. era urn.

San Antonio, Texas

Roman Urn Collection at SAMA

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

Grave of Pat the Horse at Fort Sam Houston.

San Antonio, Texas

Grave of Pat the Horse

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

Hospital Train - Korean War

San Antonio, Texas

U.S. Army Medical Department Museum

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

The massive wooden nickel.

San Antonio, Texas

Old Time Wooden Nickel Company

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Boarded up buildings.

San Antonio, Texas

Portland Cement Plant Ruins

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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