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#6. Tyler, TX
3 beds, 2 baths, 2,296 square feet, $285,000
Listing agent: Carla Turner, Newberry Real Estate
The yellow rose of Texas? That’s probably somewhere in Tyler, a city of 105,000 known as the Rose Capital of America for its history of rose cultivation; stop and smell 35,000 rose bushes at Tyler’s 14-acre rose garden. There’s also a spring Azalea Festival and 13 miles of trails to explore at Tyler State Park. More the indoorsy type? You can get into the Museum of Art for only $5 or the Discovery Science Center for $8. Last stop: this 1964 brick ranch that looks like the Fixer Upper team already visited, with vaulted ceilings, painted beams, gorgeous lighting, and your own backyard pool.