In ‘Shadow of a Cowboy,’ Lubbock Songster Andy Hedges Explores Cowboy Tunes Old and New
On the cowboy poetry scene, Lubbock’s Andy Hedges stands out from the crowd as a fresh-faced performer, a ... Read More »
SandFest Takes Over Port Aransas This Weekend
Incredible sculptures, delicious food, and fun times to be had April 26-28 Read More »
National Forests in Piney Woods Closing Some Trails, Campsites
Planning a wilderness escape to the Piney Woods? Consider double-checking the availability of your preferred camping areas and hiking trails—particularly in East Texas’ national forests, which are closing some campsites and trails to ease the financial strain. Read More »
San Jacinto Day Ceremony Cancelled for First Time in 80 Years
Organizers of the annual Official Observance of San Jacinto Day at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic ... Read More »
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Table Gives New Life to an Old Diner in Waco
Chip had always dreamed of opening a breakfast joint, and when the historic Elite Café, located on the Waco traffic circle, came up for sale in 2016, the Gaineses decided to make that dream a reality. In the process, they wanted to preserve an important part of Waco’s history. The original Elite Café opened in downtown Waco in 1919, and the second location on the traffic circle followed in 1941. The Gaineses gave the Spanish-style building a complete overhaul while also preserving its historic feel. Framed black-and-white photographs and an original menu from the café’s past adorn the walls. Read More »
“Boots, Beer and Baseball: The Story of Nocona” Announced as True Texas Travel Experience Winner at Thin Line Fest
University of North Texas students Hayley Knight and Kaarthik Tharmiya’s “Boots, Beer and Baseball: The Story of Nocona” earned the top prize, sponsored by AJR Media, which includes a 3-night/4-day stay at Port Royal Ocean Resort in Port Aransas, plus $2,000 in cash. Texas Highways photography editor and category judge Brandon Jakobeit says the winning film’s “story line and camera work were exceptional.” “It’s a great showcase for Nocona and its strengths – its history of boots, gloves and now a newer brewery. It makes a decent case for checking it out,” says Texas Highways’ Strategic Partnership Manager Lois Rodriguez. Read More »
Where to See the Most Historic Bat Roost in Texas
On summer nights in the Hill Country, rivers of Mexican free-tail bats stream out of caves and abandoned buildings, spiraling up to hunt in the skies. One colony of bats emerges from a strange, 30-foot-high structure that resembles a church steeple on stilts, with pyramidal shingles, and is visible from a public road in the Kendall County town of Comfort. Read More »
Visit Canyon Lake in the Texas Hill Country with Our New Video Series “A Piece of Texas”
Check out our new video series “A Piece of Texas” and follow Rich, Amberly, and Luke as they head out on the road, making music and exploring the state’s hidden gems. First stop: Canyon Lake. Read More »
A Royal Sighting, Texas-Style: Monarch Butterflies Are Making Their Spring Migration Across Texas
Monarchs make the trek across Texas and the rest of North America twice a year, part of a cycle of breeding and egg-laying to perpetuate the species Read More »
Order Your Free Texas Official Travel Map For Educators
Request your FREE 2019 Texas Official Travel Maps today. We are making copies of these publications available to ... Read More »
New Virtual Batting Cages Open in Round Rock
Game days at the Dell Diamond just got more exciting with Home Run Dugout Read More »
Charley Crockett Takes His Texas Sound on a World Tour
On a recent sunny afternoon in Dripping Springs, Charley Crockett finished a song and looked out from the stage over the crowd scattered across a bright-green lawn. “I’ll tell you what,” said the Texas troubadour, a singular practitioner of soul-steeped honky-tonk and blues. “The grass looks a little greener for me today; the air smells a sweeter.” That mid-March performance at Revival Experience, a one-day event held during Austin’s SXSW music festival, was sweet indeed for Crockett: It marked his return to the stage after an 11-week break during which he had two heart surgeries and a surgery to repair a hernia. The long-nagging hernia had prompted Crockett to schedule a medical appointment, and that’s when doctors discovered a congenital heart defect—one that had afflicted him since birth—that required open heart surgery and a January “vacation at the Seton Medical Center Hotel” in Austin, as he puts it. Read More »
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