Places cait7911 Wants to Go

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.

Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

The final resting place of a baseball legend who was better known for his behavior off the field.

A one-of-a-kind blind-accessible, interactive mural.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

An Americana dreamscape.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.

A tribute to one of the most memorable characters from the Transformers movie series.