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Alamo Village
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Brackettville, Texas

Alamo Village

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

The Giant Stag of Converse

Converse, Texas

The Giant Stag of Converse

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

The statue
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San Antonio, Texas

Classmates

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

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.

Parking lot 1/4 of a mile away from the explosion

Texas City, Texas

Texas City Memorial

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Barrow marker in Western Heights Cemetery,

Dallas, Texas

Gravesite of Clyde Barrow

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

Grave marker of Bonnie Parker.

Dallas, Texas

The Grave of Bonnie Parker

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

Nike with dogs relica.

San Antonio, Texas

Miraflores

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

The Gas Station

Bastrop, Texas

The Gas Station

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Big Boots.

San Antonio, Texas

World's Largest Cowboy Boots

These boots are made for selfies.

The Orange Show

Houston, Texas

The Orange Show

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Combine City has 14 "planted" combine tractors...

Amarillo, Texas

Combine City

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

Sam Houston Statue

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The entrance to the park

Tampa, Florida

Parque Amigos de Jose Marti

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

The Kampong, Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

The Kampong

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Chihuly Collection

St. Petersburg, Florida

Chihuly Collection

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

St. Petersburg Post Office

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg Post Office

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

The memorial sign.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Jungle Prada Site

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

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Cortez, Florida

The Sea Hagg

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

 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.

Dublin Dr Pepper being bottled.

Dublin, Texas

Dublin Bottling Works

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

DeLoreans line up outside the repair facility.

Humble, Texas

DeLorean Museum

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

The Rosenbaum House, from the rear

Florence, Alabama

Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

Tennessee Myotonic Goats
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Newport, Rhode Island

The Swiss Village

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

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