Texas Vacations, Texas Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

It has been said that Texas is like "a whole other country" For awhile, it was. Prior to being annexed into the United States in 1845, the Republic of Texas stood on its own after successfully winning independence from Mexico a decade prior. After seceding from the Union and then re-joining it after the Civil War, Texas began its slow ascent to becoming a power center for the United States.

Wide open spaces, miles of blue sky by day and hundreds of stars by night. Texas is the only state in the Union which can be split into four separate regions, Texas is so big it'll make your head spin. From the deserts and mountainous range of West Texas, the hill country in central Texas, the Piney Woods of the northeast, to the bayou in the southeast, the Lone Star State is big and amazing on every level. It has several big metro areas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin), but it's still down-home and country-styled in many ways.

Mixing old world traditions with new world ways, Texas is a place all its own. From the bats under the bridges in Austin to the King Ranch (bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island) Texas is more diverse than you think. While you're here, see what Tex-Mex food is or stop at any one of the countless BBQ places along to road to "somewhere". You won't be disappointed.

Among the glories of Texas is its music, which is as diverse and vital as the state and its people. In fact, some would say Texas is a world of it's own still today!