The Texas-size swimming pool at Balmorhea State Park draws on desert springs that have sustained man and beast since prehistoric times. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
Ran Horn, resident artist of Van Horn, copies Van Goghs. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
A visitor to Chinati experiences art by minimalist Dan Flavin. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
Ft. Davis was rebuilt after the Civil War to garrison troops—at times, the “Buffalo Soldiersâ€Â—deployed to protect the San Antonio-El Paso road. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
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The set for “Dead Man’s Walk,†filmed outside Van Horn, evokes the austere beauty of central West Texas. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
May Carson dishes up her legendary burgers and coffee at her roadside cafe in Cornudas, population five. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
Fake tepees shade tables at a motel in Van Horn, a rest-stop town just off Interstate 10; the townÂ’s its eccentric treasures are worth a closer look. (BRYAN CHAN / Los Angeles Times)
