Marfa, Texas
Building 98
A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.
Places I've been
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Marfa, Texas
A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.
College Station, Texas
Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.
Austin, Texas
Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.
Comstock, Texas
Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Winkler County, Texas
Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.
College Station, Texas
Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.
Hidalgo, Texas
A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Fort Worth, Texas
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
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.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Austin, Texas
Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Austin, Texas
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.