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Texas Road Trip Gems

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i

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ith f

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nd go

geous vie

s, the Smith O

ks Bi

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nctu

y on High Isl

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n unp

lleled bi

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tching destin

tion. B

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s you explo

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es

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te

bi

ds like the go

geous

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te spoonbill. Summe

time me

ns eg

ets, he

ons,

nd spoonbills

ill be building nests

nd

ising thei

young. The best time to visit? ound sunset,

hen the bi

ds e flying in to settle do

n fo

the night. B

ing c

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ss is $8 pe

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son. Check out

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y 276

oyse City, Tex

s, 75189<

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y be t

endy no

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s t

uly

he

d of its time. chitect M

tti Suu

onen, h

iling f

om Finl

nd, p

oduced less th

n 100 of these sci-fi inspi

ed domiciles in the 1960s. The modul design

nd fibe

gl

ss

nd pl

stic f

b

ic

tion me

nt they could be e

ected

he

eve

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heneve

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st

te of dis

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hen it comes to M

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os

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u

o

s once

buzz

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umo

s, including

sp

ceship c

sh in 1897.

ppently, the body of the

lien pilot

s

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ed

nd bu

ied bene

th

t

ee in this cemete

y. The he

dstone s stolen, but

histo

ic

l m

ke

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kes mention of the little guy. UFO theo

ists h

ve even

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oom, Tex

s, 79039 ong> Ou

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te

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fi

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dill

c

nch > - I-40

m

illo, Tex

s, 79124<

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ong> Built in 1974 by The

nt F

m

t collective

nd St

nley M

sh (the eccent

ic million

i

e, not the South Pk ch

cte

), this site spo

ts ten C

dill

cs

edged into the di

t. M

ke you

m

k – visito

s e encouged to

dd to the g

ffiti

ll ove

the c

s! C

dill

c

nch h

s inspi

ed copyc

t inst

ll

tions in Tex

s such

s the <

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<> - V

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esthetic

n

ch

onism s built in 2005 by Mich

el Elmg

een

nd Ing

D

gset,

p

i

of tists f

om Be

lin. Miucci

P

d

g

ve them he

blessing

nd even helped select the me

ch

ndise. To discou

ge thieves, the

indo

s

e he

vily

einfo

ced, the h

ndb

gs h

ve no bottom p

nels,

nd none of the shoes come in p

i

s. T

ke

oute 90

est out of V

lentine to find this gem.

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y eve

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in Tex

s...

nd it doesn’t get much mo

e Tex

n th

n this! C

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ted in 2016, this 35-foot, 5-ton t piece is m

de of steel, i

on,

nd coppe

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ified by The Guinness Book of

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ld

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s the

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p

nese Te

Gden<> - 400 N. St. Mys, Suite 101 S

n

ntonio, Tex

s 78205 ong> Conve

ted f

om

n

b

ndoned limestone

ock qu

y, the S

n

ntonio J

p

nese Te

Gden is pe

h

ps the most pictu

esque stop on ou

list. Pks Commissione

y L

mbe

t consulted J

p

nese-

me

ic

n tist Eizo Jingu fo

the design of the g

den in the e

ly 1900s. Open d

ily

ith f

ee

dmission, the go

geous south-centl Tex

s

ttction bo

sts exotic pl

nts, koi fish, lily ponds,

nd even

te

f

ll. The p

vilion is

popul venue foeddings,

nd you c

n gb

sn

ck

t the Jingu House C

fe next doo

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lls > - 5808 McKinney F

lls P

k

y

ustin, TX 78744<

st

ong> McKinney F

lls St

te Pk is cuently open fo

d

y visits of g

oups of fe

e

th

n 10 people. Check out the be

utiful sights of Onion C

eek

long the hiking

nd biking tils. This is the pe

fect pl

ce to flex you

photog

phy skills! Kids c

n do

nlo

d

f

ee <

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nge

ctivity Jou

n

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tesy of Tex

s P

ks &

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tue > - 137 Be

doll Loop Ced

C

eek, Tex

s, 78612 ong> Loc

ted just outside of

ustin in Ced C

eek sits the

o

ld’s t

llest squiel st

tue, if th

t’s the so

t of thing you’

e into. The Be

doll Pec

n C

ndy &

mp; Gift Comp

ny’s m

scot is

to

e

ing 14-foot-t

ll squiel,

nd boy is she h

ppy to see you. C

e

ted in 2011

nd ch

istened "Ms. Pel," she m

kes fo

g

e

t photo op

nd gives the Buc-ee's be

ve

st

tues

un fo

thei

money.

hile you'

e the

e, check out the Be

doll pec

n o

ch

d and gift shop.

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