We were in Grapevine, Texas, on business on this particular afternoon in June 2025, and the weather was quite warm. So while there wasn’t time for a lot of sightseeing, I did manage to take a quick stroll down the street and take note of a few historical details. I later realized that I had been here at least once before, back in December 2016, when my father-in-law took us to lunch at Wilhoite’s. I didn’t shoot nearly enough photos back then, either.

Tolberts on the right in 2016, prior to painting of the mural

That winged unicorn on the turret above the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau is a sculpture called “Imagine.” Dedicated in December 2015, it weighs 800 pounds, with a wingspan of 5 feet.

A blurry and too-far-away shot of the sculpture from December 2016

In front of Wilhoite’s, 2016

The town’s first permanent jail now sits just south of Wilhoite’s on Main Street

December 2016