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Bastrop, Texas

The Gas Station

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Reina Gattuso Added by Reina Gattuso
Austin, Texas

The Texas State Cemetery

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.
davidplotz Added by davidplotz
Cross Plains, Texas

Robert E. Howard Museum

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.
Andres Schiffino Added by Andres Schiffino
Denton, Texas

Goatman's Bridge

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Carolinethrift Added by Carolinethrift
El Paso, Texas

John Wesley Hardin's Grave

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.
josephwbeck Added by josephwbeck
Huntsville, Alabama

Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Added by Robert Rose
Arcadia, Oklahoma

Arcadia Round Barn

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
shatomica Added by shatomica
El Paso, Texas

Casa de Azucar

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
josephwbeck Added by josephwbeck
El Paso, Texas

Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Michael Inscoe Added by Michael Inscoe
Dallas, Texas

'Eye' Sculpture

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
K Cady Added by K Cady
Arcadia, Oklahoma

Old Route 66 Filling Station

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
shatomica Added by shatomica
Cedar Creek, Texas

Ms. Pearl

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Spencer Darr Added by Spencer Darr
Carthage, Texas

Last Remaining Boundary Marker for the Republic of Texas

The only international border marker within the United States.
Added by bcarusella
Austin, Texas

The Sometimes Islands

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.
naturedude Added by naturedude
Schulenburg, Texas

Painted Churches of Texas

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Arcadia, Oklahoma

Pops

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Added by lucrown1
Cache, Oklahoma

Holy City of the Wichitas

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.
Added by lisah
Austin, Texas

Larry Monroe Forever Bridge

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.
Added by marklfarley
Huntsville, Alabama

The Grave of Miss Baker

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Huntsville, Alabama

Dead Children's Playground

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
emilydmonson Added by emilydmonson
Aurora, Texas

1890s Alien Gravesite

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Royse City, Texas

Royse City Futuro House

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
amboy Added by amboy
Austin, Texas

Sparky Park

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
naturedude Added by naturedude
Durant, Oklahoma

World's Largest Peanut

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Augustine Added by Augustine