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Terlingua, Texas

Lajitas Ghost Town

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Clinton Added by Clinton
Houston, Texas

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.
Added by mbison
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
Marble Falls Township, Texas

Dead Man's Hole

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
slittleton Added by slittleton
Fredericksburg, Texas

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Clinton Added by Clinton
San Antonio, Texas

Bracken Cave

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Houston, Texas

The Big Bubble

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Added by threlkelded
Houston, Texas

Eclectic Menagerie Park

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
hymnherself Added by hymnherself
Glen Rose, Texas

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
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.
Valentine, Texas

Prada Marfa

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
gabeschwartz Added by gabeschwartz
The Colony, Texas

Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
KimMurrayMcD Added by KimMurrayMcD
Cedar Creek, Texas

Pecan Pie Vending Machine

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Meg Added by Meg
Rocksprings, Texas

Devil's Sinkhole

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Lily Landes Added by Lily Landes
Terlingua, Texas

Terlingua Ghost Town

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Clinton Added by Clinton
Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.
Wimberley, Texas

Jacob's Well

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Added by AJ
Miami, Oklahoma

Route 66 Sidewalk Highway

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.
Added by retroalli
Lawton, Oklahoma

Wichita Mountains Buffalo Herd

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Allison Added by Allison
Picher, Oklahoma

Picher

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Allison Added by Allison
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Museum of Osteology and Skulls Unlimited

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Allison Added by Allison
Murphys, California

Mercer Caverns

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
Island Park, Idaho

Yellowstone's Zone of Death

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Wallace, Idaho

Center of the Universe Manhole

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
taotaoholmes Added by taotaoholmes