You weave for a mile or so past modest homes bordering the river, and then, your interest piqued, you turn back to explore this quintessential small town. You succumb to the lure of a Glen Rose Ramble. Amid the sculptures and pecan trees that dot the spacious grounds of the Museum of the Southwest, visitors enjoy a springtime concert. The museum complex includes art galleries, a children's museum, and a planetarium. Midland's Museums by Candace Leslie Oil derricks stand like skeletons around a building devoted to gifts from an ancient sea.
Ghost planes keep alive the story of heroes of a tragic war.
Classic artworks line the halls and walls of a philanthropic oil baron's mansion. Stars and planets run their courses across a dome of sky. Bronze sculptures and a mission bell from the Alamo hold special places in a center devoted to studies of the Old West. Children climb, build, and make-believe in a place designed just for them. Saddles, quilts, and faded photos recall the early settlers who came to the South Texas Plains.