Hearne, Texas
Grave in the Road
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
Houston, Texas
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Burnet, Texas
This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
San Antonio, Texas
The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
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
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.