NATALIJA UGRINA

Proof that Cut and Shoot, Texas is real — and yes, I went. If you've never heard of Cut and Shoot, Texas, you're not alone — and you probably won't believe it's real the first time someone says it. I didn't. I was standing at a baggage carousel, half-asleep, making airport small talk with a stranger. He told me he was from Cut and Shoot. I laughed. He did not. I pulled out my phone right there between the luggage carts, and there it was — Cut and Shoot, Texas, population just

Me and my new best friend on the Seguin Squirrel Trail — one of 32 painted squirrel statues scattered across town. Yes, she's dressed better than me. I have a rule when I travel through Texas: if I see something on the map that makes me do a double take, I stop. Life is too short to keep driving past the weird stuff, and Texas — more than almost any state I've been to — rewards the people who pull over. (Although Louisiana gives it a run for its money — just ask the frogs of