Jackmann's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Jackmann

2022
joined atlas
obscura

countries
I've visited

places
I've been

places
I want to go

places
published

foods
I've tried

foods
I want to try

Leaderboard Highlights

Jackmann's activity rankings

1^st

Places visited in Eaglehawk Neck, Australia

1^st

Places visited in Irving, Texas

2^nd

Places edited in Irving, Texas

Loading map...

Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

aconstantinou

Added by aconstantinou

The Big Bubble

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

Added by threlkelded

Arthur B. Cohn House

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

CDVV86

Added by CDVV86

David Adickes Studio

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Added by mbison

Rothko Chapel

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

leiris

Added by leiris

Museum of Health and Medical Science

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Added by mbison

Smither Park

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

kfsnook

Added by kfsnook

The Orange Show

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

Eclectic Menagerie Park

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

hymnherself

Added by hymnherself

Galveston, Texas

The Kettle House

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

MommaGem

Added by MommaGem

Palace of the Golden Orbs

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Forbidden Gardens

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Added by peggysuicide

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

LeahC

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.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

San Antonio, Texas

San Fernando Cathedral City Centers

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Dylan

Frost Bank Tower

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Spencer Darr

Added by Spencer Darr

Austin Moonlight Towers

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Goddess of Liberty

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

Sydney Rose

Added by Sydney Rose

Big Bertha Drum

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Allison

Added by Allison

Mayfield Park

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

amberjol

Added by amberjol

Mount Bonnell

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

I has a bucket

Added by I has a bucket

The Sometimes Islands

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

naturedude

Added by naturedude