Texas

Forty minutes south of downtown Dallas, this small town is a museum of picturesque late-19th- and early-20th-century architecture. The centerpiece is the...more

Everyone's going to ask if you saw it, so you might as well join the several hundred thousand who traipse through every year. Now operated as a popular site for...more

Every March the big daddy of music events sweeps into town, bringing groups from as far away as Iran and Sierra Leone playing everything from jazz to metal. The...more

History doesn't get much more vivid than this high-quality, nonexploitative museum exploring the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Located on...more

The flagship Six Flags, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, features Disneyland-like theme areas dedicated to each of Texas's historic suzerains: Spain,...more

The world's hottest museum designer, Renzo Piano, outdid himself with this exceptionally transparent glass, travertine, and aluminum construction in the heart...more

A depiction of wild horses running through a stream, The Mustangs of Las Colinas is the world's largest equestrian sculpture. Also of interest is an on-site...more

If Louis Kahn's Kimbell Museum is regarded as one of the best buildings of the last century, Tadao Ando's new Fort Worth Modern, just across the street, may...more

This big-time professional rodeo is just 15 minutes east of downtown Dallas. The season runs from April through September, but don't worry about the sweltering...more

It's hard to get more landlocked than the interior of Texas, but Austin has three lakes nearby—two essentially within town—that on weekends explode...more