A Texaco station (1950) and a diner (Brownlee Diner/Little Juarez Café, 1952) were constructed in Texas using the art moderne architectural style.

The 1930s State Line Bar and motel were built in New Mexico because Deaf Smith County, Texas, was dry at the time.

The straight north–south border between the two states was originally defined as the 103rd meridian, but the 1859 survey that was supposed to mark that boundary mistakenly set the border between 2.29 and 3.77 miles (3.69 and 6.07 km) too far west of that line, making the current towns of Texline, Farwell, Bledsoe, Bronco and the eastern part of Glenrio appear to be within Texas.

The disputed strip, hundreds of miles long, includes parts of valuable oilfields of the Permian Basin.

The town consists of the remains of the courtyard motel and related Texas Longhorn Café and Phillips 66 service station, the post office, a few other buildings including the diner and adjacent Texaco service station, the old Route 66 roadbed, and the former roadbed of the Rock Island Railroad, whose tracks were removed in the 1980s.

A few homes still exist in Glenrio; the Joseph Brownlee House and an office in the Texas Longhorn Motel were the last to be occupied.

The center includes a pet walk, a livestock corral, wireless Internet access, a movie theater, and information kiosks.

Built to accommodate one million visitors per year, it includes green features such as recycling of greywater for grounds irrigation, and a wind turbine to generate 20% of the center's energy.