Devil’s Waterhole is a small extension of Inks Lake in Burnet, which is almost completely surrounded by rock. A canoe tour is conducted at...
Welcome to Day Trippin' Texas
Texas covers 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation’s total area. That means that we have a LOT of places to see. We have beaches and deserts, mountains and plains, historic forts and really old churches, and lots of whimsical roadside attractions.
So if you're looking for somewhere to go, something to do or some place new to see, we can help you find it.
Central Texas
Brenham
Brenham, the county seat of Washington County, is on U.S. Highway 290 seventy-two miles northwest of Houston. The Hickory Grove community changed its...
Driftwood
Driftwood, seventeen miles northwest of San Marcos in central Hays County, grew up in the 1880s as a supply center for neighboring ranches and farms...
Bastrop County Countryside
“Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has blessed my vision.” ~ Sam Houston, 1833. Photo by joolieboolie
Grey-Crowned Crane, San Antonio Zoo
The grey-crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although...
Circa 1618-1648 Steinbach Haus in Castroville
The Steinbach Haus was originally built in Wahlbach, France between 1618 and 1648 and lived in until 1988. Centuries after it was built, it was...
East Texas
15 Texas Best Sunrises
The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that's not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.
Passage into the Primeval: Caddo Lake
Caddo Lake is the largest Cypress Forest in the world.
Caddo Lake
Dallas Camera Club field trip sideshow from Caddo Lake. Awesome images!
Azalea Trail History in Tyler
A quick look at how the beautiful Azalea Trail event got started in Tyler.
East Texas Road Trip with Mary and Mac
I had to get out of the city, and discover a bit of East Texas...
Jefferson
Welcome to the City of Jefferson… "Riverport to the Southwest". Settle in for a journey through time when the living was easy and the era was golden.
Gulf Coast
Matagorda Christ Episcopal Church
Matagorda Christ Episcopal Church, the oldest Episcopal Church in Texas, traces its history to 1838. The year the Rev. Caleb S. Ives was appointed...
Smith Oaks Rookery on High Island
Smith Oaks is 143 acres of field, woods, wetlands and ponds. Thirty-three acres were purchased by HAS wit the help of HAS members, friends, and the...
Surfside
Looks like a painting, doesn’t it? It’s a time exposure of the sun rising over the Gulf of Mexico from Surfside. Photo Mabry Campbell
The Marsh in Galveston
Photo by Jacob Bage
Berclair School
I’ve come across a couple dozen abandoned schoolhouses across central Texas, mostly by happenstance — for some reason, it seems that...
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Galveston
This is not the first, but the second Sacred Heart church on this site. The first one, like most of Galveston, was taken by the Great Storm. It is...
North Texas
Baker Hotel by Drone
An aerial tour of the exterior of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells.
Boyd
Boyd is a town in Wise County. The population was 1,350 at the 2010 census. It is thirty miles northwest from the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Photo...
Haskell
Haskell, the county seat of Haskell County, is at the junction of U.S. Highways 277 and 380 in the central part of the county. It was once on the...
Abandoned St. John’s Catholic Church in Bomarton
This is the Milky Way over the abandoned St. John’s Catholic Church in Bomarton. Bomarton, on U.S. Highway 277 near the Knox county line in...
Alvord
Alvord is on U.S. Highway 287/81 ten miles northeast of Decatur in northeast Wise County. Settlement began there in the early 1880s. The community...
Woodmen’s Circle Home in Sherman
Woodmen Circle Home was an orphanage and a dormitory for widowed women.
Panhandle
The Giant Legs of Amarillo
Just off the highway heading south on I-27 out of Amarillo are two gigantic legs in athletic socks. You wouldn't know it, but they are the shattered...
West of Amherst
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Abandoned Farmhouse in Mount Blanco
Mount Blanco is on the Caprock escarpment off Farm Road 193 fifty-five miles northeast of Lubbock in northern Crosby County. It was named for a...
Amarillo Sunset
Outside Amarillo in the middle of a field sits this abandoned homestead. Once someone's dream.
Caprock Canyons
View of Caprock Canyons from Haynes Ridge, Briscoe County. Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway is a Texas state park located along the eastern...
Canyon
Welcome to the Canyon, home to the second largest canyon in the nation. We are afforded recreational opportunities like no others! In Palo Duro...
South Texas
15 Texas Best Sunrises
The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that's not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.
Spinach Capital of the World
Crystal City is in Zavala County. It was originally settled by American farmers and ranchers producing cattle and various crops. Crystal City was a...
Judge Roy Bean Holds Court
The community is notable as the place where "Judge" Roy Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos", had his saloon and practiced a kind of law.
Langtry
The community is notable as the place where "Judge" Roy Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos", had his saloon and practiced a kind of law.
The Friendliest Little Border Town in Texas
It's a wonderful time to visit Del Rio and its sister city in Mexico, where holiday bargains and natural beauty abound.
West Texas
Rio Grande River, Big Bend
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the...
McDonald Observatory
We traveled to the McDonald Observatory to see the heavens on The Texas Bucket List.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
The world's largest coral reef.
Glass Mountains in West Texas
The Glass Mountains in West Texas extend from Cathedral Mountain in northern Brewster County to Monument Draw in southern Pecos County, roughly...
Landscapes of the Davis Mountains
The Davis Mountains, originally known as Limpia Mountains, are a range of mountains in West Texas, located near Fort Davis and named in honor of...
The Rim at Chilicote Ranch
View looking Southwest from The Rim at Chilicote Ranch. Somewhere in the valley below runs the Rio Grande, separating Texas in the foreground from...
