San Jacinto Monument and Museum Site maintained by the San Jacinto Museum of History Association A Towering Tribute To Texas Heroes Built 100 years after the battle it honors, the 570-foot San Jacinto Monument stands in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest monument column in the world. It towers over the prairie where, in 1836, General Sam Houston and his determined army battled ...

The Battleship Texas is the last and oldest Battleship afloat that served in both WWI and WWII.

Forbidden Gardens, in Katy, Texas, is a fascinating outdoor museum replicating some of China's major historic scenes. Guided tours take you back to the third century BC to view the first Emperor's amazing 6, 000 piece terra-cotta army replicated in 1/3 scale. The tour continues to the intricately detailed miniatures of the famous Forbidden City in Beijing which served as palaces for nearly 500 ...