With its whimsical shops, waterfront eateries, and beautiful swimming holes, there’s no shortage of things to do in Wimberley, Texas. Wimberley is an adorable little town in Texas Hill Country with a population of 2600. Its proximity to Austin and San Antonio (45 minutes and an hour, respectively) makes it the ultimate Texas Hill Country …
Fort Davis, Texas is a small town in West Texas, just north of Marfa and Alpine. If you’re planning a trip out that way, make sure to save this post so you can reference all the things to do in Fort Davis. With a population of just over 1200, Fort Davis is a pretty tiny …
It may be small, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t tons of amazing things to do in Johnson City Texas! Johnson City is located about an hour west of Austin, on the banks of the Pedernales River. It’s about three and a half hours west of Houston, a little over an hour north of San …
There’s something magical about a town that seems to just be suspended in time. We love Texas ghost towns for just that reason. Visiting The Grove and seeing those buildings from an era past can make you feel entirely displaced in time. You’re hit with the realization that the post office, the blacksmith, even the …
As the name suggests, the Buggy Barn Museum in Blanco, Texas showcases a collection of buggies from throughout history. Room after room awaits, filled with over 200 buggies – royal buggies, livery buggies, jail buggies, and pretty much every kind of buggy or wagon imaginable. The level of attention and detail that went into creating …
Seawolf Park is located on Galveston’s Pelican Island, on the site of a former immigration center. It is a popular fishing destination, with multiple fishing piers. It is also features a large playground and the Galveston Naval Museum, which includes the WWII submarine the USS Cavalla and one of only three destroyer escorts in the world, the USS …
Luckenbach was first established as a community trading post back in the mid-1800’s. By 1904, Luckenbach had as many as 492 people, but by the 1960’s, it was a ghost town. The town was put up for sale in 1970 and purchased by actor Guich Koock and Hondo Crouch, a rancher and Texas folklorist, for $30,000. Today, the …
The Barrington Living History Farm is part of the Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site. Honestly, to me, anything with a hyphenated name like that deserves a second look. We visited the Barrington Living History Farm the weekend we stayed at Lillian Farms in Chappel Hill. We also visited the Star of the Republic Museum, also on the …
Leona Drugstore, despite its name, is not a drugstore at all. It was, however, a pharmacy back at the turn of the 20th century. The current owner, having heard stories of his grandfather visiting the drugstore in his youth, purchased the building in 2008 and chose to restore the building to look just as it …
The Buckhorn Museum was one of the first museums we visited, on our very first trip to San Antonio! It’s not far from the Alamo, Ripley’s and other tourist attractions in San Antionio. When entering the Buckhorn Museum, you might mistake it for a bar – which it is, too. In fact, the saloon dates …