The Texas Town Saved by a Beer Joint! Gruene Hall: Texas’ Oldest Concert Venue

Texas' Gruene Hall

Gruene Hall! Famous for all the right reasons. The town’s meeting place, high school graduations, and Saengerfests. You don’t know what a Saengerfest is? Me neither, but I found out it’s a German singing festival. And what it’s most known for, is a concert venue for some of Country music’s biggest stars. And where some other stars got their start.

The Peacefully Strange Town in Western Texas of Marfa

Welcome to Marfa, Texas

It’s been called “peacefully strange” and that sums it up well. This small, high-desert, west Texas town. A surprising arts hub and the site of a supernatural phenomenon has people flocking to the unassuming town of Marfa, Texas.
Some say it is one of America’s last frontiers.
It is definitely a town built on self-discovery.

Texas’ Fort Davis is One of the Best Remaining Examples of the American Southwest Military Outpost

Fort Davis Texas

Fort Davis is one of the best examples remaining of a military outpost in the American Southwest. It is a reminder of the role the military played in the settlement and development of the West. Fort Davis is one of fourteen forts in the frontier fort system protecting emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the San Antonio-El Paso Road and the Chihuahua Trail.