Texas Memorial Museum

If fossils and dinosaurs float your boat, The Texas Memorial Museum's collection in Austin, TX is a must-see. This downtown museum focuses primarily on Texas wildlife, gems and minerals, dinosaurs and fossils, and evolution. Highlights include spectacular specimens like the Texas Pterosaur, the largest flying creature ever found in Texas with a wingspan of 40 feet, as well as the 30-foot Mosasaur that once swam the shallow sea that covered most of the state.