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The nation's fourth-largest metropolis is many things all at once: energy capital, rodeo town, biotech and medical research center, aerospace innovator, and international arts destination. Its multiple personalities exist side by side in a city untamed by zoning laws, and the randomness of the place is sometimes appealing, sometimes appalling, but always exhilarating. Three separate skylines full of audacious skyscrapers—from the likes of I. M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, and Philip Johnson—tower beside leafy residential neighborhoods. Exquisite museums, fine restaurants, and fashionable shops lie off the pristine streets of downtown. You may not know what you'll find around the next corner, but therein lies the appeal of this unpredictable Texas town. See the slideshow.
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