1. Rothko Chapel
   The Alamo
2. Oldest County Courthouse
   6th Floor Museum

The Battle of the Alamo was between the Mexican Republic and the Republic of Texas. It lasted from February 23 until March 6, 1836, with a Mexican victory.

1. 6th Floor Museum
   Stonehenge Replica
2. Texas State Capitol
   Luckenbach Post Office

The Texas State Capitol was designed by Elijah E. Myers and was built in 1888 in Downtown Austin. It contains the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor.

1. San Jacinto Battlefield Monument
   Luckenbach Post Office
2. Battleship Texas State Historic Site
   Fort Concho

The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high column located on the Houston Ship Channel in Harris County, Texas. It is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution.

1. Fort Concho
   Spindletop Gusher
2. 6th Floor Museum
   Battleship Texas State Historic Site

The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto, and the USS Texas. The site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

1. Sam Houston Statue
   Padre National Seashore
2. Mammouth National Monument
   Galveston Seawall

The Padre Island National Seashore is located near Corpus Christi, Texas. It is approximately 70 miles long and sees about 666,000 visitors each year.

1. Galveston Seawall
   Presidio La Bahia
2. King Ranch
   Governor’s Mansion

King Ranch is located in South Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. It is the largest ranch in Texas, with approximately 825,000 acres of land founded by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis in 1853.

1. Sam Houston Statue
   World’s Largest Equestrian Bronze Statue
2. Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue
   Story Book Capitol of Texas

The Sam Houston sculpture was created by Enrico Cerracchio in 1925. It is located in Houston, Texas in the northwest corner of Hermann Park. Houston was instrumental in the victory at the Battle of San Jacinto, which secured the independence of Texas from Mexico.

1. World’s Largest Equestrian Bronze Statue
   Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue
2. Stephen F. Austin Statue
   George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

Stephen F. Austin was born on November 3, 1793 and died from pneumonia at the age of 43. He is known as the "Father of Texas" and remembered for bringing 300 families to the region in 1825.

1. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
   Fort Davis National Historic Site
2. Story Book Capitol of Texas
   Mammoth National Monument

Formerly known as the Waco Mammoth National Monument, this is a paleontological site and museum in Waco, Texas where fossils of of 24 Columbian mammoths and other mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch have been uncovered! It received 69,000 visitors in 2016.

1. USS Lexington
   Marfa Lights
2. Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway
   NASA Johnson Space Center

The Marfa lights are also known as the Marfa ghost lights! They have been observed near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas and some people believe them to be ghosts or UFOs, though others believe them to be atmospheric reflections of automobile headlights and campfires...

1. Giant Cross
   Enchanted Rock State Park
2. McDonald Observatory
   Rainbow Bridge

Located in Groom, Texas, this is a 19-story cross located next to Interstate 40. This free-standing cross can be seen from 20 miles away!

1. Rainbow Bridge
   Stonehenge Replica
2. Bishop's Palace
   Cadillac Ranch

Bishop's Palace is also known as Gresham's Castle. It is an ornate 19,082-square foot Victorian-style house located on Broadway and 14th Street in Galveston, Texas. It was built for Texas politician Walter Gresham, his wife and their nine children.

1. Cadillac Ranch
   Missions National Historic Park
2. Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway
   Port Isabel Lighthouse

The San Antonio Missions National HIstorical Park was established on April 1, 1983 in an effort to preserve four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio. This site receives more than 600,000 visitors each year.

1. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
   Port Isabel Lighthouse
2. NASA Johnson Space Center
   Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. It is the second-largest canyon in the United States. Palo Duro is Spanish for "hard wood".

1. Fort Concho
   Cowboy Stadium
2. Tall Ship ELISSA
   Governor’s Mansion

Home of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team, Cowboys Stadium is also known as AT&T Stadium. It was built between 2005 - 2009 for approximately $1.3 billion! It has an 80,000-person capacity.

1. Oldest County Courthouse
   Dr. Pepper Museum
2. Iwo Jima Monument
   6th Floor Museum

The Cass County Courthouse is located in Linden, Texas and was built in 1859. It has remained in operation since 1861, making it the only existing Antebellum courthouse in Texas and therefore the oldest courthouse in continuous operation!

1. 6th Floor Museum
   USS Lexington
2. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
   Luckenbach Post Office

The George W. Bush Presidential Center opened on April 25, 2013. It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas.

1. Luckenbach Post Office
   Rothko Chapel
2. Iwo Jima Monument
   McDonald Observatory

The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil. On its interior walls are 14 black but color hued paintings by American artist Mark Rothko

1. McDonald Observatory
   Stephen F. Austin Statue
2. World’s Largest Equestrian Bronze Statue
   Sam Houston Statue

The Equestrian is located in El Paso, Texas. It stands 12 meters tall and is made up of 400 smaller pieces. It portrays Mexican conquistador Don Juan de Onate.

1. Caddo Lake State Park
   Enchanted Rock State Park
2. Big Bend National Park
   Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway

Caddo Lake State Park of 468 acres located in eastern Texas. The lake was created by a huge log jam known as the Great Raft.

1. Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway
   Presidio La Bahia
2. Spindletop Gusher
   Fort Davis National Historic Site

Located within the Davis Mountains of West Texas, Fort Davis National Historic Site was established in 1961 to protect one of the best remaining examples of a US Army fort in southwestern United States.

1. Spindletop Gusher
   Cadillac Ranch
2. LBJ Ranch
   Hermann Park

Did you know that the LBJ Ranch was known as the Texas White House? President Johnson spent approximately 20% of his time in office there! LBJ Ranch is located about 50 miles west of Austin in the Texas Hill Country.

1. Texas State Cemetery
   Hermann Park
2. Fair Park Centennial Buildings
   Big Bend National Park

This famous cemetery is located in Austin, Texas. It was originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, and has since expanded to include other prominent Texans as well as veterans and their spouses.

1. NASA Johnson Space Center
   Fair Park Centennial Buildings
2. Enchanted Rock State Park
   World's Richest Acre

Enchanted Rock is located near Fredericksburg, Texas. It is an enormous pink granite pluton batholith which rises 1,825 feet above the earth!

1. World's Richest Acre
   Congress Avenue Bridge
2. Rainbow Bridge
   Mammoth National Monument

The Rainbow Bridge is a through truss bridge crossing the Neches River in Southeast Texas just upstream from Sabine Lake. It was built in 1936 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

1. McDonald Observatory
   Spindletop Gusher
2. Fort Concho
   World's Richest Acre

The McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Jeff Davis County, Texas. William Johnson McDonald was a Texas banker who left $850,000 to the University of Texas System to endow an astronomical observatory.

1. Fort Davis National Historic Site
   Caddo Lake State Park
2. Guadalupe Mountains National Park
   George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located near Dell City, Texas. It contains Guadalupe Peak, which is the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet. It is also home to the well-known peak, El Capitan.

1. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
   Guadalupe Mountains National Park
2. Big Bend National Park
   Enchanted Rock State Park

Big Bend National Park is located in West Texas on the border with Mexico. It is approximately 801,000 acres large and contains more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals.

1. Texas State Cemetery
   Story Book Capitol of Texas
2. Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue
   Stonehenge Replica

Located in the downtown cultural district of Abilene, Texas is the Story Book Capitol of Texas. This is the home of 24 sculptures of various characters such "David & Fergus", "Guardians of Childhood", "Seymour" as well as 6 Dr. Seuss friends!

1. Oldest County Courthouse
   Texas State Capitol
2. The Alamo
   Fair Park Centennial Buildings

Fair Park is a 277-acre recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas. The site was originally established for the Dallas State Fair in 1886 and was developed by landscape architect and city planner George Kessler.

1. 6th Floor Museum
   The Alamo
2. Texas State Capitol
   Story Book Capitol of Texas

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building. The museum examines the life, times, death, and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, and is located at the very spot from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed the president on November 22, 1963.

1. Sam Houston Statue
   Stephen F. Austin Statue
2. Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue
   World’s Largest Equestrian Bronze Statue

The Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue is 67 feet tall. You can see it about one-mile away on I-35 in Texas. It is the tallest statue in all of Texas!

1. Dr. Pepper Museum
   Spindletop Gusher
2. Rainbow Bridge
   Fort Davis National Historic Site

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in Beaumont, Texas. The Lucas gusher was the first major gusher of the Texas Oil Boom in 1901.

1. Tall Ship ELISSA
   USS Lexington
2. Fort Concho
   Luckenbach Post Office

The USS Lexington (CV-16) was nicknamed The Blue Ghost. It is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the US Navy during World War II. It is docked now in Corpus Christi, Texas and operates as a museum.

1. Luckenbach Post Office
   LBJ Ranch
2. Texas State Capitol
   Bishop's Palace

This historical building was built in 1849 by the German settlers of the Texas Hill Country. It now operates as a general store.

1. Bishop's Palace
   USS Lexington
2. Fort Concho
   Rothko Chapel

Fort Concho is a National Historic Landmark owned and operated by the city of San Angelo, Texas since 1935. It is considered "one of the most beautiful and best ordered posts in Texas"!

1. Rothko Chapel
   Stonehenge Replica
2. Presidio La Bahia
   Spindletop Gusher

Its full name is The Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía! It is a fort constructed by the Spanish Army that became the center of the modern-day city of Goliad, Texas

1. Stonehenge Replica
   Spindletop Gusher
2. Oldest County Courthouse
   Cowboy Stadium

The Stonehenge replica is located on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas. It matches the original Stonehenge horizontally, but falls "short" in replicating the height.

1. Fair Park Centennial Buildings
   Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway
2. Guadalupe Mountains National Park
   Missions National Historic Park

Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway is located near the city of Quitaque, Texas. It is 15,314 acres of canyon land, making it the 3rd-largest state park in Texas.

1. USS Lexington
   McDonald Observatory
2. NASA Johnson Space Center
   Hermann Park

NASA was formed on November 1, 1961, and this center was built by Joseph L. Smith & Associates, Inc. It is where human spaceflight training, research and flight control are conducted by NASA.

1. Stonehenge Replica
   Iwo Jima Monument
2. Tall Ship ELISSA
   USS Lexington

Tall Ship ELISSA is currently moored in Galveston, Texas. It is one of the oldest ships sailing today - it was originally launched in 1877!

1. Dr. Pepper Museum
   Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway
2. World's Richest Acre
   Texas State Cemetery

Located in Kilgore, Texas, World's Richest Acre Park is where the greatest concentration of oil wells in the world once stood. Kilgore is known as The City of Stars.

1. Governor’s Mansion
   LBJ Ranch
2. 6th Floor Museum
   King Ranch

Built in 1854, the Texas Governor's Mansion is located at 1010 Colorado Street in Austin, Texas. It has been the home of every governor since 1856.

1. King Ranch
   Dr. Pepper Museum
2. Enchanted Rock State Park
   The Alamo

Dr. Pepper is the oldest of the major brand soft drinks in America. It was created, manufactured and first sold in 1885 in Waco, Texas.

1. The Alamo
   Iwo Jima Monument
2. Mammouth National Monument
   Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue

Though the original statue lives in Arlington, Virginia, this clay replica is located at The Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas. It sits adjacent to the airport and can be seen by travelers and visitors alike.

1. Congress Avenue Bridge
   Dallas Zoo Giraffe Statue
2. Rainbow Bridge
   Giant Cross

Located in Austin, Texas, this bridge has become famous as a temporary home for 1.5 million migrating Mexican bats. Every summer night, hundreds of people gather to see them emerge!

1. Giant Cross
   Oldest County Courthouse
2. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
   Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, members of the art group Ant Farm.

1. Galveston Seawall
   Enchanted Rock State Park
2. Padre National Seashore
   Spindletop Gusher

The Galveston Seawall is located in Galveston, Texas of course! It was built after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 for protection from future hurricanes. It extends more than 10 miles along the coast.

1. Spindletop Gusher
   Enchanted Rock State Park
2. Hermann Park
   World's Richest Acre

Hermann Park is one of Houston's most-visited public parks. It was created in 1914 and has approximately 5.5 visitors each year.

1. Marfa Lights
   Bishop's Palace
2. Port Isabel Lighthouse
   Cowboy Stadium

The Port Isabel Lighthouse was built in 1852 to help guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel. During the American Civil War the lighthouse was occupied by soldiers from both sides as a look-out post.