Seguin, Texas
Pape’s Nutcracker Museum
One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.
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Seguin, Texas
One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.
San Antonio, Texas
Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.
Round Rock, Texas
This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.
College Station, Texas
Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.
New Braunfels, Texas
Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.
Comstock, Texas
Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.
El Paso, Texas
Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.
Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
San Marcos, Texas
Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.
Dallas, Texas
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Zavalla, Texas
The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Amarillo, Texas
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Houston, Texas
A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
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.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.