Texas, nicknamed the Lone Star State from its stint as an independent republic in the early 1800s, is the second-largest state in the USA. This enormous state also has immense geographical diversity. Across Texas and you'll see desert plains in the Texas Panhandle, to scenic wildflowers and lakes in central Texas Hill Country. Texas borders Mexico along the Rio Grande and embraces vast mountain ranges and canyons to the west. North Texas is home of the cattle ranges and oil fields that fuel the state's economy. While south Texas terrain ranges from beaches along the Gulf of Mexico to citrus groves and low-lying plains.
While the cowboy still exists in Texas, the state is now decidedly more urban than rural. It has four major cities: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and its capital city, Austin. Texas today is as much a leader of high-tech industries as it is an agricultural and ranching state, the state’s great wealth stems from its vast oil reserves.
Austin the state capital is a city with a rich historic past, and home to Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the University of Texas. Dallas is a major center for banking, finance, and oil, and has more shopping centres than any other US city.

San Antonio is one of Texas's most well-known historic regions and is very beautiful. While Houston is a vibrant city, best known for the N.A.S.A, space centre.