We really liked the small town of Marathon in Texas (Wikipedia page). It has a population of just about 400, and was established in 1882.

We had lunch at the V6 Coffee Bar:

The one grocery store in town, The French Grocer, is pretty tiny and expensive, but had the essentials:

With cute little grocery carts, too:

They also had a wide selection of ciders; we bought four Texas Keeper bottles:

More buildings around town:

A train track goes through the town:

The post office:

A painted sign next to the post office:

Foot bridge:

Rail tracks:

Another foot bridge:

More buildings:

Texas etched in footpath:

Another day, we had dinner at Brick Vault Brewery & Barbecue:

Outside seating:

Inside:

Menu:

Bar:

The building used to be a Gulf gas station, established in 1939:

A view outside:

Our dinners, all very tasty:

And desserts, also tasty:

Outside:

Fire station:

Windmill:

Church:

Historic house:

Shops:

The Gage Hotel is the main feature of the town, in fact they own several other businesses around town:

On the road next to the RV park, an amusing UFO sign:

On our last day, we stopped by Big Bend Pizza:

A cute town. We’d be happy to visit again.