SightseeingSally stands next to a Welcome to Texas sign at a welcome center in Texas.

Texas, the Lone Star State

Fun fact: Texas gets its nickname from the time when Texas declared itself an independent nation and flew a flag with a single star on it.

Alpine – a historic college town & county seat of Brewster County

Amarillo – a popular Texas city on Route 66

Decatur – a historic town & county seat of Wise County

Fort Davis – national historic site and town with same name

Marfa – an odd town in the Texas desert

Mingus – an interesting little town in Palo Pinto County

Shafter – a ghost town in Presidio County not far from Big Bend NP

Skellytown – a small town full of nostalgia in Carson County

Thurber – a remnant of a ghost town in Erath County

Weatherford – the hometown of actor Larry Hagman

Valentine – a living ghost town in Jeff Davis County