McKinney Falls State Park located in South Austin is a 726-acre park acquired in 1970 from private donation and was opened to the public in 1976. The...
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
New Braunfels
New Braunfels is situated in Comal and Guadalupe counties. Braunfels means “brown rock” in German; the city is named for Braunfels, in...
Piano Bridge near Dubina
This fine old iron bridge was built in 1885 by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Called the “Piano Bridge,” some say the name...
Fayetteville
Fayetteville’s first immigrant settlers were the families headed by John Crier, James Cummins, and James J. Ross three of the Old Three Hundred...
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...
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg
Several black families were residing in Gillespie County by the 1870s. A schoolhouse was built in 1877 on property adjacent to this later church site...
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
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.
Texas Wetlands
Texas is a large and ecologically diverse state containing many different types of wetlands, most of which can be placed in the below categories:...
Galveston Sunset
Named after Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Galveston’s first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816 by...
The Marsh in Galveston
Photo by Jacob Bage
Rockport
Aransas County was formed from Refugio County in 1871. Its county seat is Rockport. The area is commonly referred to as Rockport-Fulton.
Port Isabel Lighthouse
The Point (Port) Isabel Lighthouse was built in 1852 to guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel. Today the lighthouse is operated...
North Texas
Baker Hotel by Drone
An aerial tour of the exterior of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells.
Lewisville Lake
Lake Lewisville is a reservoir located in North Texas (USA) on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River in Denton County near Lewisville. Originally...
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...
Saint Jo
Established in 1856, the city of Saint Jo was originally known as Head of Elm, named for its location at the headwaters of the Elm Fork of the...
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...
The Baker Hotel: “Ballad of the Baker”
The Baker Hotel is a long-shuttered hotel in Mineral Wells.
Panhandle
Amarillo Sunset
Outside Amarillo in the middle of a field sits this abandoned homestead. Once someone's dream.
Caprock Canyons in Quitaque
Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque is home to the Official Bison Herd of the State of Texas! “Imagine a place where marbled redrock canyons...
Storm over Oldham County
Incredible view of a storm at sunset over Oldham County. Oldham County is one of 254 counties in Texas. It is a rural area. 14 ranches, most with...
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...
West of Amherst
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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.
South Texas
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
West Texas
Davis Mountains in West Texas
The beautiful Davis Mountains in West Texas are often referred to as “the Alps of Texas.” Davis Mountains State Park is located in the...
Rio Grande River in Big Bend
Rio Grande River in Big Bend near Terlingua. Photo by Cornelia Leicht
Marfa by Drone
A look at Marfa, Texas and the Presidio County Courthouse in the Big Bend Region of Texas.
Trent at Sunset
Trent, on Interstate Highway 20 twenty-three miles west of Abilene in northwestern Taylor County, was established in 1881 and served as a halfway...
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...
Mount Livermore in the Davis Mountains
Pine forests in the Chihuahua Desert!
