Must-see attractions in Texas

  • The Alamo, San Antonio, TX

    The Alamo

    San Antonio

    For proud Texans, the much-fabled Alamo, entered freely off San Antonio’s central plaza, is not so much a tourist attraction as a place of pilgrimage…

  • San Antonio, Texas, USA cityscape at the River Walk.

    River Walk

    San Antonio

    The River Walk is a 15-mile-long glorious network of waterside pathways that’s tucked below street level and lined with bars and restaurants. It's the…

  • Congress Avenue Bridge bats in Austin during sunset.

    Bat Colony Under Congress Avenue Bridge

    Austin

    Austin is known as the capital of Texas quirk, so it shouldn't be surprising that it's a city tradition to sit on the grassy banks of Lady Bird Lake and…

  • San Antonio, Texas, United States, North America

    McNay Art Museum

    San Antonio

    This Spanish Colonial revival-style mansion, 5 miles north of downtown and originally owned by artist Marion Koogler McNay, is spectacular. McNay's 700…

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    Sixth Floor Museum

    Dallas

    Dallas means many things to many people, but for tourists, the city is still indelibly linked to the assassination of President John F Kennedy. Movies and…

  • Dallas, Texas, USA. Dallas Museum of Art.

    Dallas Museum of Art

    Dallas

    The city's major art museum offers a high-caliber world tour of ancient and contemporary art. Founded in 1903, the Dallas Museum of Art is an impressively…

  • Bronze sculptures, Cattle Drive, Pioneer Plaza, Dallas, Texas

    Pioneer Plaza

    Dallas

    For a Texas-sized photo op, or simply a sight of what claims to be the largest bronze monument on earth, head to Pioneer Plaza in the heart of Dallas…

  • DALLAS, March 23, 2017 -- People visit the flower show "Dallas Blooms: Flower Power" at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Dallas, the United States, March 22, 2017. The flower show was held from Feb. 25 to April 9 under the theme "Peace, love and flower power". (Xinhua/Zhang Yongxing via Getty Images)

    Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

    Dallas

    Spreading northeast of Dallas along the shores of White Rock Lake, this gorgeous 66-acre arboretum is a rainbow-colored wonderland of plants and flowers,…

  • Rothko Chapel

    Houston

    Commissioned by Dominique and John de Menil (also founders of the Menil Collection) in 1964 to create a nondenominational chapel, American abstract…

  • The Texas State Capitol with flower garden. It was completed in 1888 in Downtown Austin. It contains the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor.

    Texas State Capitol

    Austin

    Completed in 1888 using sunset-red granite, Texas’ state capitol is the largest in the US, backing up the familiar claim that everything’s bigger…

  • Hermann park in Houston.

    Hermann Park

    Houston

    This 445-acre park is home to playgrounds, a lake with paddleboats, a picturesque Japanese Garden, the Hermann Park Miniature Train and the Houston Zoo…

  • Houston, Texas, United States, North America

    Menil Collection

    Houston

    The Menil Collection is considered one of the most important privately assembled art collections of the twentieth century and is a Houston highlight…

  • Urban Buffalo Bayou Park offers downtown Houston a green oasis for recreation and beautiful views of the skyline.

    Buffalo Bayou Park

    Houston

    This sinuous 160-acre city park follows Buffalo Bayou west from downtown, with easy pedestrian access and plentiful parking en route. Sweeping views…

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    Houston Museum of Natural Science

    Houston

    Don’t even dream you’ll see the whole of this colossal and absolutely stellar museum – the most popular in Texas – in a single visit. The permanent…

  • The Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Texas.

    Mission San José

    San Antonio

    Known in its time as the Queen of the Missions, San José is certainly the largest and arguably the most beautiful of all the sites on the Mission Trail…

  • A couple having an evening drink in front of San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas USA

    San Fernando Cathedral

    San Antonio

    Founded in 1731, San Antonio’s cathedral ranks as the oldest church in Texas. On the edge of Main Plaza, its prime interest for modern visitors is as a…

  • Rodeo cowboys and a low rider truck on Exchange Street in the Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District.  The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

    Stockyards

    Fort Worth

    Western-wear stores and knickknack shops, saloons and steakhouses now occupy the Old West–era buildings of the Stockyards. Although it can seem touristy…

  • The Kimbell Art Museum in the cultural quarter of Fort Worth. Designed by architect Louis I. Kahn it was established in 1972.

    Kimbell Art Museum

    Fort Worth

    While the small Kimbell Art Museum holds treasures from Greece, Egypt, China, Japan and the ancient Americas, it’s the astonishing array of big European…

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Fort Worth, Texas - September 2009: A herd of cattle parading through the Fort Worth Stockyards accompanied by cowboys on horseback

    Fort Worth Herd

    Fort Worth

    Each morning and afternoon, spectators line the street to watch cowboys wearing authentic 19th-century garb drive the 16 longhorn cattle of the Fort Worth…

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    El Paso Museum of Art

    El Paso

    This thoroughly enjoyable small-scale museum is housed in a former Greyhound station. Its pride and joy is a 13th-century Byzantine Madonna and Child, but…

  • Aerial view Downtown from Barton Creek in Greenbelt at Zilker Metropolitan Park south Austin with summer blue cloud sky. Located at eastern edge of Hill Country, Austin the state capital of Texas, US.

    Zilker Park

    Austin

    This 350-acre park is a slice of green heaven, lined with hiking and biking trails. The park also provides access to the famed Barton Springs natural…

  • University of Texas Tower, Statue of George Washington, Austin, Texas, USA

    University of Texas at Austin

    Austin

    Whatever you do, don't call it 'Texas University' – them's fightin' words, usually used derisively by Texas A&M students to take their rivals down a notch…

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    Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

    Austin

    Big, glitzy and bursting with high-tech interactive exhibits, this showcase museum celebrates the story of the Lone Star State, from its earliest…

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    Dealey Plaza & the Grassy Knoll

    Dallas

    Infamous for its location alongside the road where John F Kennedy’s motorcade was ambushed in November 1963, the tiny park known as Dealey Plaza is now a…

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    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    Houston

    This nationally renowned palace of art starts its displays with ‘Splendors of the Ancient World’, and has a fine collection of pre-Columbian golden…

  • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

    Austin

    Anyone with an interest in Texas' flora and fauna should make the 20-minute drive to the wonderful gardens of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center,…

  • Ysleta Mission on the Tigua Indian Reservation, El Paso, Texas, United States of America, North America

    Ysleta Mission

    El Paso

    Home to Texas’ oldest continually active congregation, tracing back to 1680, Ysleta Mission was established for Spanish refugees and Tigua people fleeing…

  • Foyer of Blanton Museum of Art.

    Blanton Museum of Art

    Austin

    A big university with a big endowment is bound to have a big art collection, and now, finally, it has a suitable building to show it off properly. With…

  • Modern and contemporary art on display in the Nasher Sculpture Center.
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    Nasher Sculpture Center

    Dallas

    The fabulous glass-and-steel Nasher Sculpture Center stands across from the Dallas Museum of Art downtown. Partnered by a divine sculpture garden, its…

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    Six Flags Fiesta Texas

    San Antonio

    You don't have to be a kid to enjoy Fiesta Texas – this popular theme park has plenty of rides that you must be 'this tall' to enjoy. Of course, there are…

  • The Holocaust Museum Houston.

    Holocaust Museum Houston

    Houston

    A superbly curated and presented museum offers an in-depth education on the context, history and aftermath of not only the holocaust itself but of Nazi…

  • San Antonio, Texas, USA - June 23rd, 2021: Japanese Tea Garden (also known as Chinese Tea Garden or Sunken Gardens in Brackenridge Park)  view in summer

    Brackenridge Park

    San Antonio

    North of downtown near Trinity University, this 343-acre park is a great place to spend a family day. As well as the San Antonio Zoo, you'll find the…

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    Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

    Fort Worth

    In a stunning building across from the Kimbell Art Museum, this stimulating museum displays paintings by the likes of Picasso, Mark Rothko and Francis…

  • Ft Worth, Texas, USA - January 6, 2015: The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is located in the cultural district of Fort Worth, Texas. The museum devoted to American art and possesses one of the premier collections of American photography in the nation.
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    Amon Carter Museum of American Art

    Fort Worth

    Texas oilman Amon Carter starting collecting the art of the American West in the 1930s. Since his death, his impressive array of paintings and sculpture…

  • Water fountain and splash pad at the children's area in Klyde Warren Park.

    Klyde Warren Park

    Dallas

    This innovative 5.2-acre park is an urban green space built over the recessed Woodall Rodgers Freeway. It has its own programming and, besides outdoor…

  • 2016: The Pegasus built in 1934 and seen on top of the Magnolia Building was taken down in 1999. Now it has been restored and placed in front of the Omni Hotel.

    Pegasus Sign

    Dallas

    The red neon Pegasus became a symbol of Dallas during the decades when it flew atop Magnolia Building, starting in 1934. After a couple of moves and a…

  • McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas.

    McGovern Centennial Gardens

    Houston

    These recently opened gardens have a spiral climbing hill that affords views of the construction cranes poking up through the skyline. It also has…

  • Greetings from Austin Mural

    Austin

    Well of course you're going to pull over and take a photo in front of this wall-sized postcard. It's awesome. The eye-catching mural adorns the southside…

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