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|  Memorial & Asbury - Houston, TX
in Starbucks Stores A medium sized store near Memorial Park. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/18/2006 last visited: 2/11/2007 |
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|  Beer Can House - Houston, Texas
in Junk Design Houses Every square inch of this amazing house's exterior, the life-long project of one man, is covered with a veneer made from discarded beer cans. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/18/2006 last visited: 12/27/2012 |
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|  Beer Can Mailbox
in Themed Homemade Mailboxes A mailbox covered in beer cans. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 8/22/2007 last visited: 12/27/2012 |
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|  Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts - Houston, Texas
in Art Museums A house converted into a European Decorative Arts museum. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 9/21/2006 last visited: 4/28/2007 |
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|  Bayou Bend
in Texas Historical Markers A marker at Bayou Bend. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/22/2006 last visited: 3/3/2007 |
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|  Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens - Houston, Texas
in Art Museums The former home of Ima Hogg houses a huge and fascinating collection of American furnishings. Throughout the 28 rooms, you’ll learn things such as the differences between New York, Philadelphia and Newport furniture designs. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 9/22/2006 last visited: 1/20/2009 |
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|  Bayou Bend - Houston, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The gardens surrounding this house, built in 1928 for the Hogg family, are an incredible combination of English and French styles. Sculpted, manicured lawns melt into the natural (but heavily manipulated) Southern pine and magnolia forest beyond. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/22/2006 last visited: 1/20/2009 |
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|  Hugo Victor Neuhaus, Jr. House
in Texas Historical Markers Hugo Victor Neuhaus, Jr. House posted by: run26.2 location: Texas date approved: 6/6/2009 last visited: 6/14/2007 |
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|  Neuhaus, Hugo V., Jr. House
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Home of the Architech Hugo Neuhaus, Jr. posted by: run26.2 location: Texas date approved: 3/18/2007 last visited: 3/25/2007 |
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|  Shepherd Drive Methodist Church
in Texas Historical Markers Shepherd Drive Methodist Church posted by: run26.2 location: Texas date approved: 8/26/2006 last visited: 8/18/2007 |
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|  St. Thomas High School
in Texas Historical Markers Saint Thomas High School posted by: run26.2 location: Texas date approved: 8/23/2006 last visited: 8/18/2007 |
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|  River Oaks II - Houston, TX
in Starbucks Stores A medium sized Starbucks. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/2/2006 last visited: 4/28/2007 |
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|  River Oaks - Houston, TX
in Starbucks Stores A medium sized Starbucks, located directly across the street from another Starbucks. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/2/2006 last visited: 4/28/2007 |
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|  Houston, TX - River Oaks Shopping Center
in Official Local Tourism Attractions Decked in signature black-and-white tile, River Oaks Shopping Center is an outdoor, beautiful art-deco relic from 1937. Most of the upscale shops are still unique, but the march of the chains has begun with dueling Starbucks locations. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/12/2006 last visited: 5/6/2008 |
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|  Camp Logan
in Texas Historical Markers Marker commemorating WWI Camp Logan and Houston's worst race riot. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/21/2006 last visited: 8/18/2007 |
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|  Memorial Park - Houston, Texas
in Municipal Parks and Plazas Memorial Drive slices Houston’s largest city park in half, giving it somewhat of a split personality. Head north of Memorial Drive if you long for civilized outdoor amenities; head south of Memorial Drive to get lost in the wilds underneath the pines along the banks of Buffalo Bayou. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/18/2006 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Heights Esplanade - Houston, Texas
in Municipal Parks and Plazas The magnolia- and palm-shaded median of Heights Boulevard makes for a pleasant walk or bike ride. Strung along the 1.9-mile length of the park are gazebos, a cool playground, a Victorian rose garden, and an interesting World War II Memorial. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/18/2006 last visited: 4/29/2007 |
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|  The Museum of Printing History - Houston, Texas
in History Museums Displays trace the development of the industry from papyrus to paper, from ‘factories’ of hand-writing monks to the Xerox machine. The permanent exhibit includes a Gutenberg Bible and a Gutenberg press. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 9/23/2006 last visited: 5/6/2008 |
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|  Art Car Museum
in Motor Vehicle Museums An art car museum in Houston, TX. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 8/20/2007 last visited: 1/13/2008 |
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|  ArtCar Museum - Houston, Texas
in Art Museums That folk art would be expressed with cars in a city so automobile-dependent shouldn’t be a great surprise. About a dozen or so art cars are on display at any one time. Amazingly, most of these highly-modified cars are street-legal. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 9/22/2006 last visited: 1/13/2008 |
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|  Christmas Rocks - Houston, TX
in Christmas Stores An all year round Christmas store in Houston, TX. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 7/26/2008 last visited: 8/9/2008 |
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|  Upper Kirby Booth - Houston, TX
in Red Telephone Boxes A red telephone booth on Kirby Drive in Houston, TX. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 7/27/2008 last visited: 8/2/2008 |
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|  Houston, TX - Lower Westheimer
in Official Local Tourism Attractions Lower Westheimer is the Bohemian opposite to the upscale Galleria. It’s both pedestrian friendly and outdoors. The shops are small, (mostly) independently owned, and definitely different. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/12/2006 last visited: 7/7/2007 |
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|  Houston Heights
in Texas Historical Markers The same marker in two different locations in the Heights --one at the entrance to the Heights, the other in front of the Heights Branch of the Houston Public Library. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 10/21/2006 last visited: 4/29/2007 |
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|  Olivewood Cemetery
in Texas Historical Markers Olivewood Cemetery, a Historic Texas Cemetery and the 2nd oldest African-American Cemetery within the Houston city limits. posted by: BASECAMPTX location: Texas date approved: 4/21/2009 last visited: 3/22/2009 |
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