Editing Waco, Texas (section)

===Attractions===
[[File:Photo of Magnolia Market, Waco, TX.jpg|thumb|The Magnolia Market in Waco]]
Notable attractions in Waco include the [[Hawaiian Falls]] water park and the [[Grand Lodge of Texas]], one of the largest [[Grand Lodge]]s in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msana.com/msastats.asp |title=Masonic Membership Statistics |website=www.msana.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106184627/http://www.msana.com/msastats.asp |archive-date=November 6, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Waco Suspension Bridge]] is a single-span [[suspension bridge]] built in 1870, crossing the [[Brazos River]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historicbridgefoundation.com/txbridges/prairies/mclennan/waco.html |title=Historic Bridge Foundation |publisher=Historic Bridge Foundation |access-date=August 19, 2011 }}</ref> Indian Spring Park marks the location of the origin of the town of Waco, where the Huaco Indians had settled on the bank of the river, at the location of an icy cold spring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wacocvb.com/waco-history.asp |title=Waco History |publisher=Wacocvb.com |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106201649/http://www.wacocvb.com/waco-history.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Doris Miller]] Memorial is a public art installation along the banks of the Brazos River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dorismillermemorial.org |title=Doris Miller Memorial |website=dorismillermemorial.org |access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref> A nine-foot bronze statue of Miller was unveiled on December 7, 2017, temporarily located at nearby Bledsoe-Miller Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/city_of_waco/crowd-welcomes-statue-of-pearl-harbor-hero-doris-miller/article_a914e0a6-1e77-543a-ba33-d65cb5157ab9.html |title=Pearl Harbor Hero |first=J. B. |last=Smith |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |date=December 7, 2017 |access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>

[[Waco Mammoth National Monument]] is a partnership between the City of Waco, Baylor University, the Waco Mammoth Foundation and the [[National Park Service]].  The site contains the fossils of 24 [[Columbian mammoth]]s and other animals, including a tortoise, a camel and a sabretooth tiger.

Downtown Waco is home to [[Magnolia Market]], a shopping complex containing specialty stores, [[food trucks]], and event space, set in repurposed [[grain silo]]s originally built in 1950 for the Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Company.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wacohistory.org/items/show/97 |title=Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Mill {{!}} Waco History |website=Waco History |language=en |access-date=December 26, 2017 }}</ref> The Magnolia Market, operated by Chip and Joanna Gaines of the [[HGTV]] TV series ''[[Fixer Upper (TV series)|Fixer Upper]]'', saw 1.2 million visitors in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/city_of_waco/tourism-boom-of-puts-waco-on-map-of-travel-destinations/article_38b87989-36c0-5e49-bdcb-ed46a44a5bf9.html |title=Tourism boom of 2016 puts Waco on map of travel destinations |author=J.B. Smith |work=WacoTrib.com |access-date=January 8, 2018 |language=en }}</ref>