Port Arthur, Texas
Museum of the Gulf Coast
Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Schulenburg, Texas
Painted Churches of Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Galveston, Texas
The Elissa
The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
Galveston, Texas
Bishop's Palace
This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.
Marfa, Texas
Marfa Lights
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Valentine, Texas
Prada Marfa
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Karnack, Texas
Caddo Lake
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Irving, Texas
'Mustangs of Las Colinas'
This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.
Waco, Texas
Dr Pepper Museum
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Waco, Texas
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
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.
San Antonio, Texas
Rosita's Bridge
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
San Antonio, Texas
Buckhorn Saloon and Museum
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
San Antonio, Texas
Alamo Line in the Sand
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
San Antonio, Texas
Mission San Jose
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Goliad, Texas
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site
The site of the surrender of Colonel Fannin and his men during the Texas Revolution.
Burnet, Texas
Longhorn Cavern
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Enchanted Rock
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Dripping Springs, Texas
Hamilton Pool
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Key West, Florida
Truman's Little White House
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Homestead, Florida
Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
