If you've driven through Texas, you may have stopped at a Buckees.

It's a gas station chain, but it is so, so much more than that.

For its super fans, Buckees isn't just to stop along the journey.

It's the destination.

My name is a lot. Buckees, we feel go to Bucky!

Money can't buy happiness, but Bucky sure can't rent it. A build your own coffee

bar with literally like all the fixings you could ever want. This was my dream.

And then the barbecue. I drove

four hours to a Buckees and it's 4 a.m. because I wanted a briscus sandwich.

I love Bucket!

Buckees are huge, with dozens of gas pumps, and stores filled with food and merch

featuring the chain's mascot, a smiling beaver in a red baseball cap.

Our colleague Jim Carleton recently visited the Buckees for the first time.

You know, for research.

What's it look like when you first drive up?

I was driving it by 25, and you can kind of see it from a distance.

You can see the beaver logo, a greening beaver with the big teeth.

You get off and you're usually following a lot of other people.

Inside, Jim discovered what draws people into the cult of Buckees.

They might come for the clean bathrooms, but they stay for the beaver nuggets,

which are sweet, crunchy corn puffs, and for the brisket sandwiches. Did you try the brisket sandwich? I did try the brisket sandwich. It was pretty legit, actually. I'm from Texas early on, and it's Texas style, and it's kind of hard to get that, so I thought they nailed it, yeah. Then there's all the beaver merch.

There's, like, kids with, like, um, beaver costumes.

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