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.
- Old Plantation (seen in ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’), Williamson County near Granger, June 2018.
- Stars and Stripes flying over Galveston Bay, June 2011.
- Hill County Courthouse by dusk, Hillsboro, December 2017.
- Home of O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), Austin, June 2018.
- Pecan Street Inn, Hico, April 2013.
- Donkeys, Williamson County near Granger, June 2018.
- Gulf filling station, Waco, December 2019.
- Trinity College hall, Tehuacana, December 2017.
- SPJST and hardware store, Granger, June 2018.
- Pearl’s Cherokee Inn by night, Arlington, April 2022.
- ‘Bull Durham’ tobacco advertisement, Baird, August 2019.
- Railroad Calibration Station (now demolished), Fort Worth, December 2010
- Busy Bee Cafe, Maypearl, June 2022.
- Derelict storefronts in Mart, December 2019
- Corner of 1st and Bonham, Paris, March 2017.
- Scene in Sipe Springs, August 2019.
- Grain silos, Mart, December 2019
- “Timbuktu” sign and Ellis L. Ganey Peanut Co., Abilene, August 2019.
- The famous Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, July 2009.
- Farm Labor Union, Gainesville, March 2016
- Kalachandjis, Dallas, November 2010.
- John Frank’s Grocery, Mingus, August 2019.
- Justice of the peace, Utopia, April 2013.
- Cedar Hill Roller Rink, Cedar Hill, June 2022.
- Derelict city hall, Granger, June 2018.
- Old negro tenement house, Marshall, March 2015.
- Fallout shelter, Bonham, March 2017.
- B-4 Enterprises, Eastland, August 2019.
- Restored M-K-T whistle-stop, Coupland, June 2018.
- Bunker at Fort Travis, Bolivar Peninsula (near Galveston), June 2011.
- Former Hudson and Kaiser-Frazer Dealership, Ranger, August 2019.
- Miner’s house and St. Barbara’s Catholic Church, Thurber, August 2019.
- Traveler’s Hotel, Denison, March 2016.
- Corner of 1st and Bell, downtown Coolidge, December 2017.
- Art deco doors on Federal Court House, Fort Worth, October 2010.
- Theatre, Ranger, August 2019.
- Eastland Laundry and Dry Cleaning (with Ol’ Rip), Eastland, August 2019.
- Downtown Lillian, April 2019.
- Somervell County Courthouse, Glen Rose, November 2008.
- Burrus Mill grain elevator, Saginaw, June 2019.
- Stanley Theater, Luling, March 2018.
- Brick mansion, Galveston, June 2011.
- The stately Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells, December 2015.
- Union Baptist Church, Jefferson, March 2015.
- Site of former Confederate arms factory, Bastrop, June 2018.
- Old Tehuacana School, December 2017.
- Downtown Wortham, hometown of Blind Lemon Jefferson, December 2017.
- The historic Watson Feed Store in Mart, December 2019
- Granger Telephone Company, Granger, June 2018.
- Blue Bonnet Café, Marble Falls, April 2013.
- Downtown Rising Star, home of Jackie Bibby, the Texas Snake Man, August 2019.
- Texan Café, Hutto, June 2018.
- Kempner Street, Gavleston, June 2011.
- Piggly Wiggly store, Fort Worth, February 2019.
- Maypearl Garage, Maypearl, July 2018.
- Tallship Elissa, Galveston, June 2011.
- Downtown Tehuacana, December 2017.
- Paris Coffee Shop, Fort Worth, March 2016.
- Street scene in downtown Baird, August 2019.
- Ice House, Glen Rose, November 2008.
- Alleyway scene, Cisco, August 2019
- “Downtown” Sipe Springs, August 2019.
- Ersatz Eiffel Tower, Paris, March 2017.
- Fire station and old smokestack, Thurber, August 2019.
- Sign for Caravan Motor Hotel (now defunct), Arlington, June 2013.
- Blackford Printing and Palace Theater in Corsicana, September 2020.
- Poultry warehouse, Ranger, August 2019.
- Arlington Steak House (now defunct) on the Bankhead Highway, Arlington, January 2016.
- Ice House, Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Corner of 17th and Ball, Galveston, June 2011.
- Post office, Luckenbach, April 2013.
- Derelict businesses, Ranger, August 2019.
- Religious sign, Ranger, August 2019.
- Scene at Front and Garrity streets, Frost, September 2020.
- Public Market, constructed by the WPA, Weatherford, December 2015.
- Farm Supply Store, De Leon, August 2019.
- Blind Lemon [Jefferson] Memorial Cemetery entrance, Wortham, December 2017.
- Bates Motel sign off Route 66, near Amarillo, July 2009.
- Street scene in Cross Plains, August 2019.
- The tower at Will Rogers Memorial Center by night, Fort Worth, December 2019.
- Downtown Venus at midnight, August 2020.
- Hamilton Guest Hotel, Hamilton, April 2013.
- ALICO (Amicable Life Insurance Company) Building, Waco, December 2019.
- Old Cafe, Ranger, August 2019.
- Garage on Rendon Road, Retta, July 2018.
- Church in Coupland, June 2018.
- Abandoned vernacular Victorian house (now demolished), Venus, September 2020.
- Former home of writer Robert E. Howard, Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Shack on Big Cypress Bayou, Jefferson, March 2015.
- Point Bolivar Lighthouse, Bolivar Peninsula, June 2011.
- Derelict filling station, Cross Plains, August 2019.
- Trinity Heights Trestle of the former Interurban railway and skyline, Dallas, May 2022.
- Horse grazing by city street, Galveston, June 2011.
- House, Tehuacana, December 2017.
- The State National Bank skyscraper in Corsicana, September 2020.
- The “Venus Mystery House” (now demolished) by the light of the full moon at midnight, September 2020.
- Old Nazareth Hospital, Mineral Wells, December 2015.
- The mysterious kettle house, Galveston, June 2011.
- Anthony Hotel, De Leon, August 2019.