nolamike's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

nolamike

Dad, DJ, Lawyer, husband, amateur cook, sub-amateur guitarist.

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Places visited in Houston, Texas

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Places visited in Katy, Texas

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Places visited in Barrow-in-Furness, England

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Places visited in Greenville, Mississippi

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Fredericksburg, Texas

Enchanted Rock

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Stonehenge II

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Added by chipsndip

Luling Watermelon Water Tower

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Sam OBrien

Added by Sam OBrien

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

LeahC

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

World’s Longest Car Wash

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

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

David Adickes Studio

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

Destination Mound Town (Hermann Park Train Tunnel)

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

PaigeSeven

Added by PaigeSeven

Museum of Health and Medical Science

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

Added by mbison

Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern

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

aconstantinou

Added by aconstantinou

Rothko Chapel

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

leiris

Added by leiris

The Wilde Collection

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Art Car Museum

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Alicekh

Added by Alicekh

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Added by mbison