Parks in Texas

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The man who wasn't there.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.