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Waverly Hills Sanitorium - Haunted
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Creepy place that has been the subject of many ghost hunts. Just the looks of this place gives me the willies.

Billy the Kid Grave
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This is the site where Billy the Kid was shot and buried. His grave close to the middle of the square fenced area.

Coffield Unit Texas Dept. of Corrections
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Hallsville High School Football and Softball - Bobcat Stadium

Eastman Chemical
Chemical company associated with Kodak

Masonic/Scottish Rite Temple Santa Fe

Llano Estacado (Staked Plains)
This is the geomorphic boundary between flat rich agricultural land (Llano Estacado) and rugged canyon and mesas. Read more about it at the link below.

Copperas Cove Football Stadium

"S" tire marks on parking garage
At the University of Texas Medical Branch

Santa Fe Flea Market
This flea market is adjacent to the very posh Santa Fe Opera.

Cloudcroft High School Football Field
Possibly a high school football stadium

Galveston 1900 Hurricane Memorial
In the center of the dark circle is a monument along the seawall depicting a man holding his wife and child as the water rises. After Rita, people placed flowers and signs at the statue thanking the powers that be for sparing the city this time. Be sure to click on the link to see the haunting statue.

Ruidoso Downs

Apache Drive In Theatre- abandonded
This is now used as a salvage yard. I used to go to movies at this place. I'm embarassed to say that the last movie I saw there was Flashdance. (I didn't like it by the way)

Geodesic dome covering water storage

Prairie Dog Town
Doesn't look like much, but this boring patch of land is home to hundreds of Prairie Dogs living in their colonies underground. Periodically they tunnel up to the baseball fields across the street. The city of Lubbock has reserved this area for the prairie dogs. Lots of fun to watch.

Wiley College

Santa Fe Indian School
Governed by several Pueblos.

Strip Mine and reclaimed land
Strip mining for lignite coal in east Texas.

Southern Baptist Convention: Glorieta Conference Center
Beautiful place east of Santa Fe

Painted Roof Identification:Camp Mabry
Buildings just north of the static displays of aircraft.

Lone Star Steel
Steel mill in East Texas

Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF)
The Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF), located in Palestine, Texas, is a NASA facility managed by the Physical Science Lab of New Mexico State University. The contract to manage the facility is administered by the Balloon Program Office at Wallops Flight Facility of Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
Provides the services of launching large (400 ft. dia), unmanned, high altitude (120,000 ft.), research balloons; tracking, and recovering the scientific experiments suspended beneath them, for NASA centers and universities from all over the world.

Cristo Rey
The nation's largest pueblo church.

F-111D on static display
Another static display near Cannon AFB

East Texas Baptist University

El Rey Inn
Immaculately maintained tourist court style motel. A great stay.

Lone Star Speedway
This appears to be a dirt track for cars.

Homer Bryce Stadium at Stephen F. Austin State University
Home of the Lumberjacks

Valles Caldera

Texarkana USA Post Office and Court House
This US Post Office is bisected by the Texas-Arkansas border. The street running north and south is also the border.

Bo Pilgrim's Giant Head
A giant bust of Pilgrim's Pride (chicken) founder Bo Pilgrim. It's sort of creepy in person.

Panola College

Kilgore College's R.E. St. John Stadium & track and field
Two year college in east Texas.

Hotel Galvez

Balinese Room Night Club
Out on the long pier.

Doppler Station
Doppler radar weather station

Guthrie Playa Lake
Playa lakes are very shallow (if there is any water at all) and sometimes disappear during times of drought.

Factory or Foundry of some sort
I'm not sure what this place is. I grew up seeing it everytime we drove through Longview but never figured it out. And yes, many off-color remarks have been made about the shape.

Monolithic Dome Institute
See link below.

Unusual form - What is it?
Not sure what this is. It is near the Kilgore College campus. Any thoughts?

Louisiana Downs and Harrah's Casino

Querbes Clay Courts

Airplane over Kilgore

Hardin Simmons University

Lubbock Lake Landmark
Archaeological site and museum

Band Shell (amphitheatre)
At Centenary College of Louisiana

Le Tourneau University

Sci-Port
Science and Discovery Museum

Texas Heroes Monument
About 4 or 6 months before the big 1900 hurricane, this statue was dedicated to the heroes of the Texas Revolution. She faced directly into the storm and survived.

Texas Longhorns-2005 NCAA Football Champions
Practice Facilities - Compare Older Google Maps to Newer Yahoo

San Luis Resort - Emergency Ops Center during Rita
The mayor and essential city and county staff worked from a bunker here during Hurricane Rita

Hill College

Grain Storage
Grain elevator storage in West Texas

Chicken houses

Irish Castle Courthouse
The only Irish Castle style courthouse remaining in the country. Designed in 1885 by J.J.E. Gibson, an Irish architect who was nostalgic for his homeland. He built in an escape hatch for the judge to run away from angry mobs upset with the verdict. Read more and see some nice pics at the link below.