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25 Best Texas Tourist Attractions You Need to Visit

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25 Best Texas Tourist Attractions You Need to Visit

Introduction - As Texas is a vast state, one might be overwhelmed by its wide array of places to see. If you're...

 
 
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Fort Worth Stockyards

Tourist Attraction 1 - It's difficult to think about Texas without thinking about cattle ranching, and the Fort Worth Stockyards pay tribute to that...

 
 

Congress Avenue Bridge

Tourist Attraction 2 - Named after the 45th Governor of Texas, the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge spans Lady Bird Lake in Austin...

 
 

Texas Capitol Building

Tourist Attraction 3 - Austin has been the capital city of Texas since 1839, when they were an independent nation. However, the Texas Capitol...

 
 

San Antonio River Walk

Tourist Attraction 4 - The River Walk is one of the free things to do in San Antonio and was created by diverting the...

 
 
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NASA Johnson Space Center

Tourist Attraction 5 - From its role as the Apollo Mission Control Center to monitoring the International Space Station and Mars rovers, the NASA...

 
 

Big Bend National Park

Tourist Attraction 6 - Big Bend National Park doesn't rank as one of the largest in the United States, but the map is not...

 
 

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Tourist Attraction 7 - The mountains of this West Texas national park rise over three thousand feet above the Chihuahuan Desert and are home...

 
 

San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

Tourist Attraction 8 - San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site and the impressive 567-foot San Jacinto Monument are both important landmarks in Texas. They...

 
 

Dealey Plaza

Tourist Attraction 9 - Dealey Plaza has a long history, but since 1963, it has been known as the place where President Kennedy was...

 
 

Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Tourist Attraction 10 - Palo Duro Canyon is America's second-largest canyon - after the famous West Coast National Park, the Grand Canyon - making...

 
 

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