Rio Grande River in Big Bend

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Rio Grande near Terlingua by Cornelia Leicht

Rio Grande River in Big Bend near Terlingua.

Enchanted Rock in the Hill Country

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Enchanted Rock is an enormous pink granite pluton rock formation located in the Llano Uplift approximately 15 miles north of Fredericksburg in the...

Gulf Coast

Galveston Sunset

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Named after Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Galveston’s first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816 by...

West Texas

Trent at Sunset

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Trent, on Interstate Highway 20 twenty-three miles west of Abilene in northwestern Taylor County, was established in 1881 and served as a halfway...

Central Texas • Hill Country

Piano Bridge near Dubina

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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...

Virginia Field Park in Calvert by Alexey Sergeev

Central Texas

Virginia Field Park, Calvert

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Virginia Field Park, a gorgeous green space within the Historic District of Calvert, originated in 1868 as a donation for park space from the Houston...

Eisenhower State Park in Denison by Ian Aberle

North Texas

Eisenhower State Park, Denison

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Eisenhower State Park, with 423.1 acres, is located in Grayson County, northwest of Denison on the shores of Lake Texoma. It was acquired in 1954 by...