Five Mile Dam Park

The legendary Texas-born travel center, and a road-trip destination in its own right. Buc-ee's San Marcos pairs a wall of fuel pumps with the cleanest bathrooms on the interstate, brisket chopped to order, fresh kolaches, homemade fudge, and the cult-favorite Beaver Nuggets. Come for a pit stop, stay for a souvenir beaver onesie — it's the rare "gas station" the whole family asks to stop at.