Tezcuco Plantation - Built in 1855, it was one of the last plantations built before the Civil War. The Greek Revival home is adorned with wrought iron galleries and ornate friezes. Tours of the Houmas House Plantation and Gardens - Built in 1840, the tours are conducted by guides dressed in antebellum fashions. The estate, another example of Greek Revival architecture, is renowned for its formal garden. Nottoway Plantation - Built in 1859, it is the largest plantation home in the South.
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Contact your AAA Travel office to make plans for your Plantation Parade. There is something about night skies in the southwestern United States that make stars twinkle a little brighter. Perhaps it is the wide-open, sparsely populated rural areas, or maybe it's the cool, dry desert air that lights the sky with the glow of the Milky Way. It comes of little surprise then, that the Southwest is home to a wide array of astronomical observatories. Just northwest of Fort Davis atop Mount Locke in west Texas, sits the University of Texas McDonald Observatory.