EL PASO, TX - APRIL 24:.The National Border Patrol Museum, open Tuesday through Saturday, with no admission fee, chronicles the agency before it became an agency from the early 1900's through Prohibition, World War II and into today's high tech world April 24, 2018 in El Paso, TX. It receives no federal funding and relies on donations. .(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Border Patrol Museum

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This small but informative museum spotlights the history of the US Border Patrol, which was founded in 1924. This happened three days after Congress passed the National Origins Act, severely restricting immigration via country-of-origin quotas. The displays of tools and vehicles used to cross the border and elude capture, from ladders to boats to motorized hanggliders, are fascinating.