VirtualGlobetrotting: Texas: Amarillo

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'Sterling Kinney House' by Frank Lloyd Wright
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A Frank Lloyd Wright design from late in his career. One of only three Wright homes in Texas.

Terry Funks's house
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The American professional wrestler lives here.

Remains of Amarillo Air Force Base
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Airliner Boneyard
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Bell Helicopter Textron Plant
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By: nic.
One of the world's largest helicopter manufacturers for both civilian and defense products. Owned by the diversified manufacturing and research and development company Textron, Inc. This is the main plant and headquarters for the company, which has additional plant locations at Mirabel Airport north of Montreal, Quebec, and a tilt-rotor plant near Amarillo, Texas. Bell has made over 35,000 helicopters since 1947.

Cadillac Ranch
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Pantex Nuclear Weapon Plant
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
This is where all US nukes are assembled.

'Amarillo Ramp' by Robert Smithson
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By: pnkimball.
Smithson died in a 1972 plane crash while surveying this site. The project was completed from his notes and drawings by his widow, Nancy Holt, Richard Serra and others.

Amarillo Skatepark
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
Amarillo Skatepark is considered one of the best bowl skateparks in the state. The skatepark features a 20 ft. fullpipe which tapers down to a 16 ft. cradle. The surrounding bowl ranges in depth from 5-9 ft., featuring a pocket with pool coping, a flat bank and tons of speed lines.

Big Texan Steak Ranch
bonjbrown (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: bonjbrown.
An enormous steak house, a motel that resembles a western town, a Texas shaped swimming pool and a 72 ounce steak. What else could you possibly want.

Broken up Dehavilland DHC-7-102
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By: mlc1us.

Bell-Boeing V-22 "Osprey"
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By: Rene73.

Former Amarillo AFB Weapons Storage Area
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F-100 Super Sabre at Amarillo International
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Clements Unit
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By: Matheus_.
Mixed security prison located in Amarillo, Texas.
Opened in 1990
Inmate capacity - 3798

Nuclear "White Train"
skyeye (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: skyeye.
This string of nine rail cars once transported nuclear weapons. They were labelled "ATMX" and known as Safe Secure Railcars.

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Daniel Beggs' house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Daniel A. Beggs is a gastroenterologist.

Nam Lee's house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Nam K. Lee is a family physician.

Face of a google car driver
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By: bubaonline.
found at streetviewfun

Small Texas shaped pool
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By: TexasAndroid.
At a place called The Big Texan. More info link that was given does not currently work. Hopefully it'll come back.

V-22 Osprey at Amarillo International
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By: Pdunn.

F-105 Thunderchief at Amarillo International
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By: Pdunn.

Amarillo Helium Plant
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By: WacoKidd110.
Marker Text:
This plant, operated by the United States Bureau of Mines, was the first to produce helium from the extensive helium resources in the Texas Panhandle. From 1929 until 1943, it furnished almost all of the world's supply of helium. Operating around the clock, the plant extracts helium by liquefying the natural gas and separating helium from it at temperatures 300 degrees below zero. The natural reserves in these fields and in extensions into adjacent states contain more than 95 percent of the world's known supply of helium. This is also the site of the world renowned research center which provides fundamental data on the production and uses of helium. Helium is used for a variety of purposes: lighter-than-air craft, low-temperature research, shielded-arc welding; and in national defense, nuclear energy programs and space exploration.

'Harrington Cancer Center' by Paul Rudolph
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Huge Pair of Legs
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Speedbowl Valley Raceway
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By: milwhcky.
1/4 mile clay oval track created in 1946. Modifieds, sprint cars, and stock cars race here. This track has previously been known as Amarillo Speed Bowl, Amarillo Speedway, Dirt Track Speedway, and Randy's Speedbowl.
December 2014 update - the track's official web site was offline, and I cannot find any evidence that the track is still operating.

Tascosa Feedyard, Texas
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
This is a cattle feed lot. The giant pond in the middle is cow shit run-off, er, a "waste lagoon".

Creepy Giant Snowman
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"Madame Queen" Locomotive
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By: WacoKidd110.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Steam Locomotive

Amarillo Muffler Man Cowboy
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By: Parabellum.

Srinivas Pathapati's house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Srinivas Pathapati is a gastroenterologist.

F-84G Thunder Flash at Amarillo International

Route 66 Motor Speedway
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
High banked 3/8 mile clay oval track created in 1994. Stock cars and modifieds race here on Saturday nights.

Beans N Things Barbecue
When Texas Monthly magazine saluted Texas' top 50 barbecue joints six years ago, Amarillo's Beans N Things made the list.
Now, in 2003, Texas Monthly has done it again and Beans N Things is on the list again, one of only 18 places to repeat.
"We have to be doing something right," said Beans N Things owner Shirley Bagley.

'Monument to Helium' by Peter Muller
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By: pmoore66.
at the Harrington Discovery Center

Baptist St. Anthony’s
AdrianoMark (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AdrianoMark.
Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital, Amarillo, TX

Maze behind a motel
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By: kjfitz.

Amarillo Muffler Man
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By: kkeps.

The Paramount Theater
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By: jbottero.
The Paramount was completed in 1932 just as the Depression was leaving its mark on Amarillo, which had feasted on the fruits of the 1920s oil boom until the global crash caught up with it.
The Paramount was Amarillo’s premier first-run theater for decades, but fell behind the multiple screen suburban complexes in the 1970s, and closed in the mid 1970s.
It was gutted and converted to office space, but the pueblo deco exterior is still as beautiful as ever. A hint of its grandeur can be seen in the second level of the parking garage that fills the old auditorium. The painted starburst ceiling is still intact, as is golden plasterwork that framed the top of the stage. The original chandelier and the giant blade sign from the facade have been preserved in a now-closed disco in the city’s warehouse district.

Moose's Sixth Street Bar & Grill
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Barrel-shaped building - Beef Burger
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Train Cars
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Amarillo Dragway
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'Archway' by Ben Woitena
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By: pmoore66.
at the Art Museum

Tascosa Drive-in
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By: bonjbrown.

Coyote Bluff Cafe

Panhandle Boys Statue
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By: kkeps.

Arnold Burger

'Talon Sweep' by John Brough Miller
at the Art Museum

'Monument to Helium' by Peter Muller

Root Beer
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Cadillac Ranch

Big Texan Steak Ranch

Giant Chairs

Chase Tower

Wildorado Wind Ranch
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By: jbottero.
The Wildorado Wind Ranch, completed in 2007, is located on approximately16,000 acres (6,500 ha) 25 miles (40 km) west of Amarillo, Texas and consists of 161 MW of wind turbines (70 Siemens Mk II turbines each capable of generating 2.3 MW at peak wind speeds). These turbines have the capacity to meet the electricity demand of more than 50,000 households. The Wildorado Wind Ranch was developed by Cielo Wind Power, of Austin, Texas, in conjunction with Edison Mission Group of Irvine, California.

'Night Hawk' by David Deming
at the Museum of Art

BMX track
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By: adrbr.

Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium
Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium is a baseball-only stadium in Amarillo, Texas. It is home to the Amarillo Sox, a professional baseball team and member of the American Association and the West Texas A&M University college baseball team of the Division II Lone Star Conference.

Golden Light Cafe

Tigger

Biti Pies

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

Boeing 737 (Southwest Airlines)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Santa Fe Building

Tascosa Drive-in
Jumper & Horton hears a Who
First lit-up in 1952, the Tascosa originally had twin
screens on the north and south side of the property.
The north screen was destroyed by fire back in '78 ..
and subsequently, the old Ozoner went dark. Different
twist, but usual ending. Not every Drive-in goes down in
flames, but most of them went dark. The story doesn't
wrap with 'Fade to Black' however .. there's light at the
end of the Tascosa. Restored, revived, and re-opened
in the summer of the last year of the last century - '99,
the Tascosa is back from the brink, lighting the screen
with a first-run double feature, every night of the week.

Fountain
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By: Matheus_.

Giant bull

Potter County Courthouse

Ferris Wheel
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By: Matheus_.

Wonderland Park
Located in Amarillo, Texas, this amusement park has been family owned and operated since 1951.
The park is open weekends and select days in April and May and then daily from Memorial Day until Labor Day.

Roller Coaster

'Polk Street Methodist Church' by R. H. Hunt

Abandoned 1930s car at Route 66
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By: JCOS.

VW Slug Bug Ranch
JCOS (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: JCOS.
5 old Volkswagen Beetle ranch

Racetrack near Amarillo (TX)
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Pink Cadillac
Mike_bjm (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike_bjm.
A 1959 Cadillac Eldorado on permanent display at the Cadillac Range Gift Shop in Amarillo, TX.
The song “Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen was released in 1984. It was this song which made the Pink Cadillac and in a similar fashion to Wilson Pickett’s “Mustang Sally” and Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”.

Amarillo Fire Station 10
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Amarillo Fire Station 2
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Amarillo Fire Station 12
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Amarillo Central Fire Station