Hondo, Texas - not a ghost town but a pretty thriving little place. But I get the feeling that Radio Shack is probably a ghost town. And my dad's dentist was on this hotel back in the day.

A lot of these trips aren't actually in the Hill Country, but in my dad's and his brothers' stomping grounds, on the southern edge of the Hill Country.

Get a load of that sign. It caused a lot of commotion when it went up in the 40s. They added a "please" and that made everyone happier.