I look out the car window into the emblazoned world that the neon along South Lamar Boulevard paints up. Many treasures are hidden in the shadows of the alleys. While some of them are hard to find if you don't know where to look, some are more well known—and for good reason, too.

Tonight it's two-stepping time and where else to do it if not at the Broken…

We gassed, braked and steered our way through the backroads of Milam County. With Olle reading the map and Chris keeping the pick-up steady 65 at the wheel, we soon found ourselves in Downtown Texas, Texas. We're on the hunt for a little-known honky-tonk that we’ve heard tell of for a long time. We don’t even know its name, so we call it the "Dream Place" because it sounds to us like the…

Most every time I put my foot here, something is going on. Today we’re just rolling dice. I’m not much of a dice player, but my new friends help me out. Gary slips me a couple bucks under the table to throw in when I’ve lost my last pot, but it still ends with me losing the game. It’s just simple fun for an afternoon. This is how you do things in Rockne, Texas.

It’s really…

The old gas pumps in front are all out of use. It’s just not worth the while. The big chains are selling really cheap gas in the nearby town and the license cost more than you can possibly make on selling gas out here. Despite the fact of having no gas this place has a lot to offer. There’s hardware supplies, fishing bait,…