📍 Waco, Texas • 🏚️ Historic sites • 🕯️ Modern history • ⚖️ True events
The site is known as Mount Carmel Center, just outside Waco, Texas
Not an easy place to visit, but an important one.
I visited the site of the 1993 Waco siege, where David Koresh led the Branch Davidians. Today, the area is quiet, with a small memorial and rebuilt chapel marking where the compound once stood.
The siege lasted 51 days and ended in a fire that killed more than 70 people, including Koresh. Visiting in person adds a different perspective—it’s less about headlines and more about understanding how isolated communities and strong leadership can shape events in unexpected ways.
The 1993 siege lasted 51 days before ending in a fire
David Koresh (born Vernon Howell) was the leader of the Branch Davidians
A small chapel has since been rebuilt on the property
More than 70 people died, including many children
The event became one of the most widely covered news stories of the 1990s
