Denton has renamed itself Halloween, Texas, and has planned 31 days of events to drive up tourism and family entertainment.

An adobe-style Texas building educated Mexican and Mexican-American children in classrooms that alumni call barracks.

No one knows how much water sits beneath the desert of Terlingua. Residents worry their wells will run dry, as developers and local officials cheer the tourism boom.

Back in 1971, Donald Judd was a renown artist who was already a success in New York City, but he pined for something that even an arts haven like the Big Apple couldn’t offer.

There’s enough in West Texas for a lifetime of exploration

Credit: Sarah Vasquez for The Texas TribuneNeed to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? So before Thanksgiving, he drove more than 500 miles west from his home in McKinney to visit Marfa and Big Bend National Park. They’re rural, sparsely populated, outdoorsy and now — overrun with visitors and saturated with COVID-19 cases. In fact, all of West Texas, including Jeff Davis, Hudspeth and El Paso counties, is ablaze with increasing COVID-19 cases and low on hospital beds. “It’s a scary feeling to have a critically ill patient with nowhere to go,” said Gilda Morales, a Culberson County commissioner and doctor at Culberson Hospital.

Across the Lone Star State exists haunting sites including lights, legends and the living dead. Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing CenterAccording to KVUE, visitors to West Texas have spoken of glowing lights in the sky during late hours along US-90 between Alpine and Marfa for more than a century. This site inspired Texas author James Bunnell to write “Strange Lights in West Texas, Hunting Marfa Lights” and “Seeing Marfa Lights: A Viewer’s Guide.”2. “The Lake Worth Monster of Greet Island, Fort Worth, Texas,” written by Benbrook’s Sallie Ann Clarke, has parts included in the Tarrant County Historical Journal website. The Johnson House“The Johnson House” is one of many buildings said to be haunted in Austin.

Say howdy to this decommissioned Santa Fe Railroad caboose located on a 400-square-foot lot in Marfa. Built in June of 1948 and retired in 1984, the caboose is a rare model, just one of three of its kind built by the Santa Fe Railroad, according to the HAR listing. The caboose lacks a cupola so it could fit into the tunnels on the Santa Rita mine line. Why blab on and on about this train caboose when we can let these photos talk the talk for us? 1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)1400 W Fremont St, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)

Here, we compare two Texas homes with the same price tag — one in the Houston city limits and one outside. This go-around, wit a pit a modern masterpiece in Marfa against an Italian-inspired condo in Houston. The other offers a prime piece of real estate next to the exclusive Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa. 208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)Marfa | 1 bedrooms, 2 bathroomsSize: 3,618 square feetPrice per square foot: $414.59Address: 208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843Contact: Lauren Fowkles, (432) 295-2849Need a refuge far, far away from a big city? 208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)208 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX 79843 (HAR)Houston | 2 bedrooms, 3 bathroomsSize: 2,849 square feetPrice per square foot: $526.15Address: 121 North Post Oak Lane, Unit 206, Houston, TX 77024Contact: Diane Kingshill, (713) 248-4900Rising high above the oaks, The Houstonian is one graceful structure that combines three separate towers, each with two modernized high-speed elevators and its own elevator lobby.