thumosmindfulness's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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Shepard's Barber Shop

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

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The Orange Show

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

The Wilde Collection

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

David Adickes Studio

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

The Big Bubble

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

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Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.

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Rothko Chapel

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

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Aurora Picture Show

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

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Museum of Health and Medical Science

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

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Destination Mound Town (Hermann Park Train Tunnel)

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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Smither Park

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

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DeLorean Museum

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

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National Museum of Funeral History

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Palace of the Golden Orbs

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

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Bellville, Texas

Newman's Castle

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.