The place the financial scandal of the century all took place.
What is Texas barbecue? It's doing something well and allowing that work to speak for itself, an increasingly rare commodity in these gourmet times.
The country city from the outskirts.
Texas roadside near Austin
Originally the home of Texas BBQ stalwart Kreuz Market, Smitty's has called this dark, soot-stained building home since 1999.
Word is they used to chain the knives to the table back in the cotton farmer days, both to prevent theft and knife-fights. Now they just give you plastic as your lone utensil.
The corrugated tin and wire mesh door let you know that the Taylor Cafe is first and foremost a Texas honkytonk that also serves some of the best BBQ in the state.
Octogenarian owner and pit boss Vencil Mares opened the Cafe in 1948 right alongside the railroad tracks and still shows up for work daily, smoking and serving the traditional Texas fare of brisket, sausage (beef and turkey), chicken and limited sides.
"Enchanted Rock was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1970 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The Rock is a huge, pink granite exfoliation dome, that rises 425 feet above ground, 1825 feet above sea level, and covers 640 acres.
Well-known tattoo parlor on Congress Avenue right in the heart of Austin.
I took this image on a visit to the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. The element on the right is one of 100 aluminum works designed by Donald Judd and displayed in two former artillery sheds.
San Antonio's tallest building for 59 years until 1988.