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Apatosaurus trackway

La Junta, Colorado

Picketwire Canyon Trackway

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Nearly every inch is lined with speleothems.

Sonora, Texas

Caverns of Sonora

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Original saloon/courthouse.

Langtry, Texas

Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Stonehenge II

Ingram, Texas

Stonehenge II

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Ancient Indian pictographs at Fate Bell rock shelter in Seminole Canyon.

Comstock, Texas

Seminole Canyon

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

Alamo Village
Permanently Closed

Brackettville, Texas

Alamo Village

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Boot Hill Cemetery

Tilden, Texas

Boot Hill Cemetery

"They died with their boots on."

Hot Wells Hotel and Spa. (Creative Commons)

San Antonio, Texas

Hot Wells Hotel and Spa

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A crowd gathered to watch bats emerge from the Devil's sinkhole.

Rocksprings, Texas

Devil's Sinkhole

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Crowds gather to watch the bats fly out as the sun sets.

Austin, Texas

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Hamilton Pool

Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Fredericksburg, Texas

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Jacob's Well

Wimberley, Texas

Jacob's Well

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

Dino tracks.

Helotes, Texas

Dinosaur Tracks at Government Canyon

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

Bracken Cave

San Antonio, Texas

Bracken Cave

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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