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Find Your Place in the Sun at These Total Solar Eclipse Events

Find Your Place in the Sun at These Total Solar Eclipse Events

On April 8, the daytime sky will turn twilight when a total solar eclipse passes over Texas around 1:30 p.m.

The Smithsonian’s Traveling Exhibit Is Coming to Texas

The Smithsonian’s Traveling Exhibit Is Coming to Texas

It doesn’t carry the name recognition of the Alamo, Nacogdoches, Goliad, or other key players in Texas’ history, but San Augustine in deep East Texas has plenty to boast about.

Keep Your Kids Entertained With These Texas Holiday Activities

Keep Your Kids Entertained With These Texas Holiday Activities

Winter break is fast approaching. Cue later bedtimes, mornings with hot cocoa by the fire, and, best of all, weeks of no homework.

Get All the Scary Details About Texas’ Haunted History on These Ghost Tours

Get All the Scary Details About Texas’ Haunted History on These Ghost Tours

As we creep into spooky season, and haunted houses and general scary-ment are in full swing, it’s time for us to reflect on all the real hauntings that have happened across our vast state.

Think You Dug Up a Priceless Artifact? Find Out During Texas Archeology Month.

Think You Dug Up a Priceless Artifact? Find Out During Texas Archeology Month.

For archeologists, “buried treasure” includes pottery fragments, bones, and sharpened stones. During Texas Archeology Month in October, everyone can join them in their quest to find clues about the state’s past.

Laredo’s Past Comes Alive in a 200-Year-Old Hacienda

Laredo’s Past Comes Alive in a 200-Year-Old Hacienda

There are few places in Texas where you can easily forget what century and country you’re standing in.

Where the Wild Things Are at Pecan Springs Karst Preserve

Where the Wild Things Are at Pecan Springs Karst Preserve

“To the bat cave!” Rachael Lindsey says with a grin. We’re standing at the base of a giant cottonwood near a spring-fed stream in northern Williamson County, about an hour north of Austin.

Add These Small Town Indie Bookshops to Your Reading, Writing, and Road-Tripping Itinerary

Add These Small Town Indie Bookshops to Your Reading, Writing, and Road-Tripping Itinerary

I grew up in a family where Mom read The Chronicles of Narnia out loud while Dad drove as we traversed the state of Texas on summer vacation.

A New Memorial Honors Buffalo Soldiers History in San Angelo

A New Memorial Honors Buffalo Soldiers History in San Angelo

Named for the strong, burly buffalo that roamed the land, the U.S. Army’s first Black enlisted soldiers left a legacy of perseverance and valor in the swath of territory they served, from Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippines to almost every state and territory west of the Mississippi River.

Laredo’s International Sister Cities Festival Has Got the Goods

Laredo’s International Sister Cities Festival Has Got the Goods

Laredo, the bustling border city in South Texas (and my hometown) has for decades had a strong sister cities culture.

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