Mr BigShot's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
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Round Rock, Texas

The Flamingo House

permanently closed
This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.
San Antonio, Texas

Classmates

permanently closed
What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."
Gainesville, Texas

Glenn Goode's Big People

permanently closed
A family of fiberglass giants.
Brackettville, Texas

Alamo Village

permanently closed
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Redford, Texas

Contrabando

permanently closed
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
Alpine, Texas

Target Marathon

permanently closed
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Italy, Texas

Starship Pegasus

permanently closed
A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.
Tyler, Texas

Apache Drive-In Theatre

permanently closed
A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.
Humble, Texas

DeLorean Museum

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

Umbrella Alley

permanently closed
Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.
Austin, Texas

HOPE Outdoor Gallery

permanently closed
This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.
Katy, Texas

Forbidden Gardens

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

Public School 972

permanently closed
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
Houston, Texas

The Big Bubble

permanently closed
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Galveston, Texas

Juneteenth Monument at Ashton Villa

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.
Galveston, Texas

The Elissa

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
Beaumont, Texas

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."
El Paso, Texas

Lincoln Park aka Chicano Park

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.
Nederland, Texas

Dutch Windmill Museum

A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.
Corpus Christi, Texas

Mirador de la Flor

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Waco, Texas

Doris Miller Memorial

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.
El Paso, Texas

Magoffin Home

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.
Sanderson, Texas

Sanderson Station

Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Glen Rose, Texas

Big Rocks Park

A park home to some unusually large rocks.