The lone star state has been scoring highly on ‘top destination’ lists recently. Cities like Austin and Houston are buzzing as artists, musicians and entrepreneurs thrive. And its wide open spaces, home to cowboys, mountains and wildflower meadows are ripe for exploring (Texas is the size of a whole country in itself). Road trip anyone? We chose some of our favourite photos of Texas from our archive.
A young cowgirl carries a Texas flag while riding across green fields (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)
High angle view of a river running through rocks, Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park (Panoramic Images/Robert Harding)
Houston office blocks by dusk (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Early morning sunrise against a field of Texas bluebonnets (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Cowboy portrait in the evening light (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)
Country road towards a mountain, Fort Davis (Eye Ubiquitous/Robert Harding)
Big Texan Steak Ranch, Historic Route 66, Amarillo (Richard Cummins/Robert Harding)
Cowboys and long horn cows herd, Fort-Worth (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
White Ibis at Galveston Bay near, Smith Point (National Geographic/Robert Harding)
A woman sits on a porch in Rockport (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)
El Capitan Peak and the western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Austin skyline at night (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
A young boy with a flock of seagulls on a beach, Rockport (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)
A hotel that looks like a lighthouse at dusk, Rockport (Aurora Photos/Robert Harding)
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