Midland, Texas
The Petroleum Museum
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
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Midland, Texas
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Langtry, Texas
Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.
Comstock, Texas
Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Comfort, Texas
This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.
Comfort, Texas
A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
San Marcos, Texas
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Burnet, Texas
This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.
Austin, Texas
Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.
Florence, Texas
A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.
College Station, Texas
Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.
College Station, Texas
Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.
College Station, Texas
Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.
Waco, Texas
A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Waco, Texas
Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.
Plano, Texas
This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.