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San Antonio

Originally Misión San Antonio de Valero (1724), The Alamo has been preserved as a shrine to the men who gave their lives in 1836 fighting the Mexican Army of General Santa Anna for Texas freedom. Travis, Esparza, Bowie, Bonham, Losoya and Crockett are just the most famous.

The Shrine originally the church used for powder magazine, quarters, artillery position	Garden next to Shrine at The Alamo	Long barracks site of the first hospital in Texas	Convento Courtyard	Long barracks from the plaza

River Walk or Paseo del Rio winds through 2.5 miles of downtown and is lined with cafes, shops and nightclubs.

River Walk	River Walk	River Walk	River Walk

The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio

The McNay Art Museum, the first museum of modern art in Texas, focuses on 19th and 20th century European and American art. Artists include Cézanne, Picasso, Gauguin, Matisse, O'Keeffe, Cassatt and Hopper.

Grounds sculpture	Marcia and Otto Koehler Fountain	"The Washerwoman" by Renoir	"The Washerwoman" by Renoir	"Untitled" by Joel Shapiro

Houston

San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park. The 570' obelisk (1939) commemorates the victory of Texas troops in the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto which established their freedom from Mexican rule.

Mecom Fountain, Hermann Park	Cancer Survivor Plaza with Positive Attitude Walk	Sam Houston Statue, Hermann Park	Kugal Ball weighing 5,000# is supported by water allowing rotation. Located in front of Houston Museum of Natural Science	Hermann Park

NASA/ Space Center Houston

T-38A38A Talon astronaut trainer	Control Panel of Shuttle Mockup	Shuttle Rocket Engine	Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Lab	Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Lab

Vacuum: Space Environment Facilities Chambers for testing extreme cold/heat conditions		International Space Station Nodes at Astronaut Training Center	Soyuz at Astronaut Training Center	Shuttle Simulator at Astronaut Training Center

Mission Control JSC	Historical Mission Control Center	Historical Mission Control Center	Houston Space Center

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ima Hogg with architect John F. Staub of Houston built a Neo-Palladian-style home on 14 acres bordered by Buffalo Bayou, and she began designing the gardens before the house was begun in 1927. The home now showcases her collection of early American paintings and decorative arts from 1620 to 1876.

Buffalo Bayou from the Suspension Bridge	Clio Garden	Bayou Bend Gardens	Statue of Diana	Diana Terrace

Back elevation	Euterpe Garden	Duchesse de Caze	Front elevation	East Garden

Menil Museum

The Menil Museum has 16,000 pieces of contemporary, surrealistic, 20th century, Byzantine, tribal and medieval art and antiquities collected by John and Dominique (Schlumberger) de Menil housed in a building by Italian architect Renzo Piano open to visitors. Their private home near River Oaks, the Menil House, was designed by Philip Johnson in 1948, and has been refurbished as a site for Menhil Foundation events. They were both born and educated in France and fled the German occupation in the 1940's for Houston where he was involved in the Schlumberger oil business which provided the wealth to pursue their love of art. Built in the International Style of Mies van der Rohe, this was Johnson's first residence and one of the earliest examples of this style in Texas. He went on to design others in Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth. The interiors were designed by fashion designer Charles James.

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