World-famous for its thousands of rose bushes, Tyler’s 14-acre rose garden features more than 300 varieties of roses, along with camellia and day lily collections.
Selfie Instructions
Snap a selfie with your favorite flower at the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden.
Texas has its share of folk heroes — and heroines. Acton State Historic Site marks the burial place of Davy Crockett’s second wife, Elizabeth, whose statue towers over the cemetery, looking for her husband in the distance.
Selfie Instructions
Snap a selfie with the statue of Elizabeth Crockett.
What’s summer without music? From May through October, enjoy free live music every Friday and Saturday night at the San Jacinto Plaza Music Series in downtown Rockwall.
Selfie Instructions
Snap a selfie with the band in the background at any Plaza concert.
LOCATION
600 Interstate 30 East | Greenville
FEES
Adults $8; kids 6–18 $3; children 5 and under free
Greenville is known for two things: cotton and Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War II. Learn more about both at the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum.
Selfie Instructions
Snap a selfie in front of your favorite exhibit inside the museum.
Located 10 miles south of downtown Dallas, Trinity River Audubon Center is gateway to the Great Trinity Forest, the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States, and is home to a vast array of birds and other wildlife.
Selfie Instructions
Snap a selfie in front of the Audubon Center, or from any of the center’s
bird blinds.
Cleburne State Park features a spring-fed lake perfect for swimming, fishing and paddling, plus trails through the forest and quiet campsites, all just 45 minutes southwest of Fort Worth.
Selfie Instructions
Borrow fishing gear from the park (or bring your own!) and snap a selfie from the ADA-accessible covered fishing pier.