In my adventures along the backroads all around the state of Texas, I have shot hundreds of photographs of roadside sights that I found interesting. My main goal in in this hobby is to document what’s left of my beloved “old Texas” before it dies off completely. I don’t claim to be a much of a photographer, and most of these photographs turn out to be junk, but sometimes there are a few stand-out shots that I find fairly decent. On this page, I have collected some of those select few. Most of these photographs were taken with nothing more than my humble iPhone camera, and they are published here more out of interest for their subjects than for any artistic merit or technical quality. With some inspiration from my favorite historical photographs, they have been subjected to a small amount of creative editing to clean up some blemishes or modern profanities and perhaps evoke some rustical quality (but mostly to cover up my shortcomings as a photographer). Be advised that this page will be updated periodically with new additions, and please note that the order in which the pictures appear is randomized, so they will appear differently every time the page is loaded.
I sincerely hope you will enjoy looking at them, however, I respectfully request that you do not republish these photographs anywhere on the internet or elsewhere without contacting me first; they are watermarked for a reason, after all.
- Gulf filling station, Waco, December 2019.
- Trinity College hall, Tehuacana, December 2017.
- House, Tehuacana, December 2017.
- Downtown Venus at midnight, August 2020.
- Street scene in Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Union Baptist Church, Jefferson, March 2015.
- Eastland Laundry and Dry Cleaning (with Ol’ Rip), Eastland, August 2019.
- Shack on Big Cypress Bayou, Jefferson, March 2015.
- Somervell County Courthouse, Glen Rose, November 2008.
- Arlington Steak House (now defunct) on the Bankhead Highway, Arlington, January 2016.
- Downtown Tehuacana, December 2017.
- John Frank’s Grocery, Mingus, August 2019.
- Former Hudson and Kaiser-Frazer Dealership, Ranger, August 2019.
- Derelict city hall, Granger, June 2018.
- Hamilton Guest Hotel, Hamilton, April 2013.
- Art deco doors on Federal Court House, Fort Worth, October 2010.
- The tower at Will Rogers Memorial Center by night, Fort Worth, December 2019.
- Corner of 17th and Ball, Galveston, June 2011.
- Kalachandjis, Dallas, November 2010.
- Church in Coupland, June 2018.
- Miner’s house and St. Barbara’s Catholic Church, Thurber, August 2019.
- Theatre, Ranger, August 2019.
- Hill County Courthouse by dusk, Hillsboro, December 2017.
- Restored M-K-T whistle-stop, Coupland, June 2018.
- Home of O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), Austin, June 2018.
- Downtown Wortham, hometown of Blind Lemon Jefferson, December 2017.
- Blue Bonnet Café, Marble Falls, April 2013.
- B-4 Enterprises, Eastland, August 2019.
- Ersatz Eiffel Tower, Paris, March 2017.
- Busy Bee Cafe, Maypearl, June 2022.
- Farm Supply Store, De Leon, August 2019.
- Poultry warehouse, Ranger, August 2019.
- The State National Bank skyscraper in Corsicana, September 2020.
- Corner of 1st and Bell, downtown Coolidge, December 2017.
- Stars and Stripes flying over Galveston Bay, June 2011.
- Paris Coffee Shop, Fort Worth, March 2016.
- Ice House, Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Donkeys, Williamson County near Granger, June 2018.
- The famous Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, July 2009.
- Religious sign, Ranger, August 2019.
- Point Bolivar Lighthouse, Bolivar Peninsula, June 2011.
- Downtown Rising Star, home of Jackie Bibby, the Texas Snake Man, August 2019.
- Former home of writer Robert E. Howard, Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Cedar Hill Roller Rink, Cedar Hill, June 2022.
- Street scene in downtown Baird, August 2019.
- Alleyway scene, Cisco, August 2019
- Bates Motel sign off Route 66, near Amarillo, July 2009.
- The mysterious kettle house, Galveston, June 2011.
- Public Market, constructed by the WPA, Weatherford, December 2015.
- Derelict filling station, Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Blind Lemon [Jefferson] Memorial Cemetery entrance, Wortham, December 2017.
- Scene in Sipe Springs, August 2019.
- Bunker at Fort Travis, Bolivar Peninsula (near Galveston), June 2011.
- Garage on Rendon Road, Retta, July 2018.
- Corner of 1st and Bonham, Paris, March 2017.
- Brick mansion, Galveston, June 2011.
- Fallout shelter, Bonham, March 2017.
- Tallship Elissa, Galveston, June 2011.
- Railroad Calibration Station (now demolished), Fort Worth, December 2010
- The “Venus Mystery House” (now demolished) by the light of the full moon at midnight, September 2020.
- Old Plantation (seen in ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’), Williamson County near Granger, June 2018.
- The historic Watson Feed Store in Mart, December 2019
- Derelict businesses, Ranger, August 2019.
- Grain silos, Mart, December 2019
- Old negro tenement house, Marshall, March 2015.
- Granger Telephone Company, Granger, June 2018.
- Justice of the peace, Utopia, April 2013.
- Pecan Street Inn, Hico, April 2013.
- Maypearl Garage, Maypearl, July 2018.
- “Timbuktu” sign and Ellis L. Ganey Peanut Co., Abilene, August 2019.
- Trinity Heights Trestle of the former Interurban railway and skyline, Dallas, May 2022.
- Post office, Luckenbach, April 2013.
- Horse grazing by city street, Galveston, June 2011.
- ‘Bull Durham’ tobacco advertisement, Baird, August 2019.
- Downtown Lillian, April 2019.
- Texan Café, Hutto, June 2018.
- Farm Labor Union, Gainesville, March 2016
- Scene at Front and Garrity streets, Frost, September 2020.
- Old Tehuacana School, December 2017.
- Old Cafe, Ranger, August 2019.
- “Downtown” Sipe Springs, August 2019.
- Fire station and old smokestack, Thurber, August 2019.
- SPJST and hardware store, Granger, June 2018.
- Burrus Mill grain elevator, Saginaw, June 2019.
- Ice House, Glen Rose, November 2008.
- Stanley Theater, Luling, March 2018.
- Old Nazareth Hospital, Mineral Wells, December 2015.
- Traveler’s Hotel, Denison, March 2016.
- Abandoned vernacular Victorian house (now demolished), Venus, September 2020.
- Piggly Wiggly store, Fort Worth, February 2019.
- Derelict storefronts in Mart, December 2019
- Sign for Caravan Motor Hotel (now defunct), Arlington, June 2013.
- Kempner Street, Gavleston, June 2011.
- The stately Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells, December 2015.
- Anthony Hotel, De Leon, August 2019.
- Blackford Printing and Palace Theater in Corsicana, September 2020.
- ALICO (Amicable Life Insurance Company) Building, Waco, December 2019.
- Site of former Confederate arms factory, Bastrop, June 2018.