Take a Route 66 Detour at Spinning Jenny’s House of Music in Shamrock
Jenny Morgan has lived all over Texas, from her college days at Angelo State University in San Angelo to stints in ... Read More »
Making Peace with the Spirit of My Father on a South Texas Ranch
Open Road | March 2020 In the Valley of Mirrors A son returns to the border and makes peace with the spirit of ... Read More »
An Exhibition in San Antonio Captures Selena Before and After Fame
Más magazine contacted San Antonio commercial photographer John Dyer in 1992 to do a shoot with a rising young ... Read More »
Blooming Marigolds in Big Bend National Park
Spring often arrives earlier in Big Bend National Park than in other parts of Texas. After winter rains, the ... Read More »
How to Spend a Weekend in Kerrville
Spring crowds in search of the Hill Country’s famous wildflowers often stop just short of Kerrville, located 30 ... Read More »
Texas State Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez Draws Inspiration from the Rio Grande Valley
Emmy Pérez, the Texas State Poet Laureate for 2020, creates evocative word-paintings of life along the Rio ... Read More »
Roosevelt “King Bee” Roberson Has Been a Beekeeper for Over 50 Years
Every work day, weather permitting, beekeeper Roosevelt Roberson tends the hives at BeeWeaver Honey Farm. He’s ... Read More »
Discover the Natural Beauty of These Iconic Texas Wildflowers
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Everything You Need to Know About Texas’ Native Wildflowers
Wild At Heart We want our wildflowers the way we want a lot of things: to be made in Texas. That requires native ... Read More »
Our Readers’ Vintage Wildflower Family Photos
Click on the image see all the photos For our March issue, Texas Highways partnered with Traces of Texas to ... Read More »
A New Hiking Guidebook Scours Texas for the State’s Best Hikes
You’d be hard-pressed to find a photographer who’s covered more ground in Texas than Laurence Parent, a leading landscape photographer and longtime contributor to Texas Highways. Parent recently published an update of his guidebook Hiking Texas, A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hiking Adventures, 3rd Edition. He says the new edition, which builds on versions published in 1992 and 2009, introduces color photography, improved maps, and new hikes. “The biggest reason for the update was to shift from half-tone black and white photos to four-color printed on coated paper,” says Parent, who recently moved to Prescott, Arizona, while maintaining a business office in Wimberley. “It really improves the appearance of the book and gives readers a better feel for what the hikes look like.” Read More »
The 3 Best Places to See Poppies in Texas
Springtime calls for road trips to see Texas’ native wildflowers—bluebonnets, firewheels, and pink evening primroses, just to name a few. But other flowers bloom this time of year, too, and they’re celebrated in festive fashion in El Paso, Castroville, and Georgetown. Read More »
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