1. Remember (and also visit) The Alamo
2. Leave your mark in spray paint at Cadillac Ranch
3. Stop at the roadside attractions on the Texas portion of Historic Route 66
4. Tube the Frio, Comal, Guadalupe or San Marcos River
5. Take a tour the of the AT&T Stadium and throw a football on the Dallas Cowboys field
6. Go Two-Stepping at a historic dance hall
7. Take a walk on the weird side down South Congress in Austin
8. Ride a mechanical bull at the Stockyards in Fort Worth
9. Catch a beautiful West Texas sunset
10. Visit the Eiffel Tower replica in Paris, Texas
11. Gorge yourself on some good ol’ Texas barbecue (extra points if you wait more than an hour for it)
12. Balance on the top of Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park
13. Take in the city from the top of Reunion Tower in Dallas
14. Eat a Fletcher’s corny dog and fried-everything at the State Fair of Texas
15. Wave at Sam Houston’s Statue in Huntsville
16. Eat a Texas-sized Chicken Fried Steak at a small town diner, and finish off with a slice of pie
17. Try your luck paddling the winding and treacherous Devils River
18. Learn how to properly pronounce “Burnet,” “Waxahachie,” “Mexia,” “Palestine” and “Boerne”
19. Get artsy at Prada Marfa
20. Pretend to be an astronaut at Space Center Houston
21. Go wine-tasting through the Hill Country
22. Figure out the best way to eat a Pittsburg Hot Link
23. Attempt the Lockhart Barbecue Challenge
24. Tour the Painted Churches
25. In the spring, take the Willow City Loop to see fields and fields of bluebonnets
26. Eat pie at Pie Happy Hour at Blue Bonnet Cafe
27. Eat Watermelons from Luling, Tomatoes from Jacksonville and Cantalopes from Pecos
28. Go on a fall hike through Lost Maples State Natural Area to see the beautiful fall foliage
29. Say hi to the “Fixer Uppers” at Magnolia Market in Waco
30. Drive past Luck, TX, and see if you have any luck finding the Red Headed Stranger, himself
31. Eat a Texas-sized Round Rock Donut
32. Get your antique on in Round Top during Antiques Week
33. Hike to the iconic Lighthouse in Palo Duro Canyon
34. Travel to the Geographic Center of Texas
35. Drive the entire length of North Padre Island
36. Attend the FIESTA San Antonio celebration
37. Get a glimpse of the galaxies at one of Texas’s many observatories
38. Climb to the top of Texas at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
39. See the “TEXAS” Outdoor Musical in Palo Duro Canyon State Park
40. Wander through the Davy Crockett National Forest
41. Paddle down the El Camino Real Paddling Trail in Bastrop
42. Toast a mug of mead at the Texas Renaissance Festival
43. Have a Holly Jolly afternoon in Grapevine, “The Christmas Capital of Texas”
44. Boat your way through the eerie tangled trees at Caddo Lake (just don’t get lost!)
45. Take a boat ride down the San Antonio Riverwalk
46. Experience the mystifying Marfa Lights
47. Rock out at a Texas music festival
48. Tour the Texas State Capitol
49. Attempt to drive or motorcycle ride the Twisted Sisters (Ranch Roads 335, 336, 337)
50. Learn about Texas’s favorite drink at the Dr Pepper Museum
51. Watch a race at the Texas Motor Speedway
52. Stop for Kolaches in West, TX
53. Make a pit-stop at every Buc-ee’s you pass on road trips
54. Attempt a Food Challenge like The Mega Mel at Mel’s Country Cafe and the 72 oz. Steak at Big Texan Steak Ranch
55. Go CrAzY for Crazy Water from Mineral Wells
56. See what’s underground at one of Texas’s many Caves
57. Peer into Jacob’s Well in Wimberley
58. Spend the day at Six Flags and eat a Pink Thing
59. Cheer loudly at a Rangers, Astros, Cowboys, Mavericks or Spurs Game
60. Stand in dinosaur tracks at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose
61. Admire the beauty of the San Jacinto Monument
62. Climb to the top of Enchanted Rock
63. Hear live music at Gruene Hall
64. Eat at the OST in Bandera
65. Win a stuffed animal on the Kemah Boardwalk
66. Dance to Texas Country at the Broken Spoke
67. Giddy on up to The Houston Rodeo
68. Gather on the Congress Bridge to watch the Austin Bridge Bats fly out
69. Get fresh scoops of Homemade Vanilla at the Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham
70. Catch a “Friday Night Lights” game at Permian Basin high school in Odessa
71. Eat at the double-decker Whataburger flagship location on Shoreline Dr. in Corpus Christi
72. Tailgate before a college football game
73. Get stuck in traffic on I-35
74. Eat proper Texas chili (aka beanless chili) at the spot where Chili Powder was invented: the Phoenix Saloon in New Braunfels
75. Get lost behind the Pine Curtain of East Texas
76. Catch a wave on a Texas beach
77. Begin a day with breakfast tacos in Austin or end your day with any kind of tacos in San Antonio
78. Learn the proper conjugations of “y’all”
79. Explore a Texas waterfall like Gorman Falls
80. Dive into a Texas swimming hole on a scorching summer day
81. Get late night tacos at Chico’s Tacos
82. Say hi to the stuffed goat who was once the mayor of Terlingua at the Starlight Theater
83. Shop underground at Houston’s Lamar Tunnel
84. Honor our state heroes at the Texas State Cemetery
85. Drive across the Regency Bridge, the last drive-able wooden suspension bridge in Texas
86. Lounge on the lawn of the “Texas White House” in Johnson City
87. See where Texas began at Washington-on-the-Brazos, aka “The Birthplace of Texas”
88. See why “Everybody’s Somebody” in Luckenbach
89. Eat German food and shop for antiques in Fredericksburg
90. Smell the roses at Tyler’s Municipal Rose Garden
91. Find the desk on top of Hancock Hill in Alpine
92. So “sand sledding” at Monahans Sandhills State Park
93. Visit Shiner, TX for a beer and a tour of the brewery
94. See the “Come and Take it” Cannon at the Gonzales Memorial Museum
95. Toast a frozen margarita at the place that invented the frozen margarita machine, Mariano’s Hacienda in Arlington
96. Admire the only glass toilets in America in Sulphur Springs
97. Test your bravery at the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup
98. Discover the rock art in Seminole Canyons State Park
99. Stop by Prairie Dog Town in Lubbock
100. Be prouder than proud that you live in the best state in the world