Places clpartin Wants to Go

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.