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McGovern Centennial Gardens

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McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas.

These recently opened gardens have a spiral climbing hill that affords views of the construction cranes poking up through the skyline. It also has extensive botanical and sculpture gardens with notables such as Martin Luther King.

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