Bushland, Texas
Floating Mesa
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Bushland, Texas
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Fort Worth, Texas
Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Carthage, Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
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.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Dallas, Texas
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Houston, Texas
A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.