Our first episode of The Texas Bucket List!
Since 1989, Austin resident Vince Hannemann has been collecting junk and now he has cathedral full of it. Situated on Austin’s south side, the Cathedral of Junk is a popular spot for visitors from around the world.
If you can’t get enough of the eerie, pop on over to Thurber, a ghost town with a tall spire on Interstate 20. There not too much that’s left of the once-bustling Texas brick manufacturing and coal mining town. We learn about the people that were forced to leave this place and visit one of the most desolate graveyards we’ve ever gazed at — well worth the stop on The Texas Bucket List!
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Four tons of meat. The largest free BBQ in Texas. What could be a better stop on The Texas Bucket List?
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The Barbed Wire Museum in McLean fences in a bit of history that changed the free-roaming game for cowboys and Native Americans across the Lone Star State. Explore this prickly piece of the past from how it was made to the many different designs. Well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List!
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We visit to a long-standing train depot in Ennis that happens to be a museum. Just a few generations ago, it was known as the place where the railroads and cotton fields meet. Once the main stop between Dallas and Austin, this station now serves as a testament to the history and culture of the people of Ennis. Well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List!
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Here in Huntsville, a museum tells the harrowing history of the prison system in the Lone Star State. Harboring artifacts and collections of prisoner crafts, inventions, and tools, the Texas Prison Museum sheds light on the lives of those locked behind bars. Well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List!
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Look in on a law-enforcing legacy of Texas at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco! With nearly 200 years of history, the Texas Rangers are one of the most famous law enforcement groups in the nation. Come and see the people behind the badges as well as some of their symbolic artifacts! Well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List.
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Everything is bigger in Texas, and so is our rangeland! The XIT Museum in Dalhart stands as a testament to the pastures and plains roped into the XIT Ranch property in the 1880s. Learn about the history of the largest ranch in Texas, the cowboys, the cattle, and the well-worn saddles that make this trip well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List!
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If you can’t get enough of the eerie and unnatural, head over to the National Museum of Funeral History located in north Houston. As the only funeral history museum in the nation, their exhibits feature famous figures from presidents to Marilyn Monroe. We can guarantee you won’t be bored stiff when you come for a visit. Well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List!
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Moored at the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston, Tall Ship ELISSA has been sailing since 1877. Don’t miss a chance to sail the seas on a vessel of old by becoming a volunteer, as sailing on the ship is not currently open to the general public – but you can tour her decks while she’s docked! You’ll need a little seafaring grit to cross this one off the list. Well worth a stop on The Texas Bucket List!
