Galveston, Texas
The Elissa
The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
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Galveston, Texas
The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
Galveston, Texas
This private mansion turned Catholic bishopās home is an iconic Galveston building.
San Angelo, Texas
An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."
Langtry, Texas
Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.
Dallas, Texas
A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bendās natural wonders.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Dallas, Texas
A symbol of Texas pride.
Irving, Texas
This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.
Austin, Texas
Austinās local mountain isnāt really a mountain at all.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
Rockport, Texas
The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 filmĀ "Giant."
Dallas, Texas
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.