Brackettville, Texas
Alamo Village
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
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Brackettville, Texas
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Converse, Texas
An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.
San Antonio, Texas
What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."
San Antonio, Texas
A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.
Texas City, Texas
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Miami, Florida
This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.
Cortez, Florida
An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Brownsville, Texas
The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.
Dublin, Texas
This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.
Humble, Texas
In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.
Florence, Alabama
This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.
Newport, Rhode Island
A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.