Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, is a famous public art installation created in 1974 by the art group Ant Farm, consisting of Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez, and Doug Michels.
Resaca de la Palma State Park and World Birding Center, located in Brownsville, Texas, covers 1,200 acres of subtropical native habitat etched by ancient curves of the Rio Grande, forming the largest tract in the World Birding Center network and opening to the public in 2008 after acquisition by Texas Parks and Wildlife in 1977.
Lake Brownwood State Park is a 537.5-acre park on the shores of Lake Brownwood in Brown County, Texas, near the town of Brownwood. Established in 1938 after land acquisition in 1933 and development by the Civilian Conservation Corps using local stone and timber, it offers rustic beauty with nearly six miles of hiking trails like the Texas Oak Trail and Nopales Ridge Trail (also for biking).
Galveston, Texas, is a historic port city founded in 1839 and once known as the Wall Street of the Southwest due to its prominent role as a commercial hub and main port for cotton exports in the 19th century.
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, opened in 2003 and houses one of the world's finest collections of modern and contemporary sculpture, formed by collectors Raymond and Patsy Nasher over more than 50 years.
Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose, Texas, is famous for its well-preserved 113-million-year-old dinosaur footprints found in the Paluxy Riverbed, including tracks from theropods and sauropods.
Palmetto State Park spans 265 acres in Gonzales County, Texas, northwest of Gonzales and southeast of Luling along the San Marcos River, with land acquired in 1934–1936 and opened in 1936, named for its abundant dwarf palmettos (Sabal minor) thriving in the park's jungle-like bogs and swamps.
Cooper Lake State Park is a Texas state park built around Jim Chapman Lake, formerly known as Cooper Lake, a roughly 19,000‑acre reservoir in Delta and Hopkins counties about three miles south of the town of Cooper in northeast Texas.
Lake Arrowhead State Park covers 524 acres along the north shore of the 16,200-acre Lake Arrowhead reservoir in Clay County, Texas, about 15 minutes southeast of Wichita Falls, with the land acquired from the city in 1970 and the park opening the same year.
Lake Casa Blanca International State Park covers 525 acres in Laredo, Webb County, Texas, just east of the U.S.-Mexico border along Lake Casa Blanca, a 1,650-acre reservoir established in 1991 through cooperation between Texas Parks and Wildlife and the City of Laredo.
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in southern Texas named after the Roman Catholic Feast Day of Corpus Christi when it was discovered by Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda in 1519.
Lake Tawakoni State Park covers 376 acres along the southern shore of the 37,879-acre Lake Tawakoni reservoir in Hunt County, Texas, about 50 miles east of Dallas near Wills Point via FM 2475.
South Llano River State Park, located near Junction in Kimble County, Texas, spans 2,600 acres along the clear, spring-fed South Llano River on the edge of the Edwards Plateau and Hill Country.
The Fort Worth Zoo, established in 1909, is the oldest continuously operating zoo in Texas and has developed into a nationally recognized institution known for its conservation efforts and extensive animal collection.
Big Bend National Park, located in southwest Texas along the Rio Grande border with Mexico, covers over 800,000 acres and is the largest protected area of the Chihuahuan Desert in the United States.
Davis Mountains State Park is a 2,700‑acre Texas state park located in the Davis Mountains of Jeff Davis County, about three miles northwest of the town of Fort Davis at roughly 5,000–6,000 feet elevation.
