10 Gift Ideas for Texas Travelers
Texas offers an extraordinary array of adventures worth traveling for—for those who aim to collect memories ... Read More »
Frank Lively, Founding Editor of Texas Highways, Dies at 90
Today we received news that Frank Lively, the founding editor of Texas Highways, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 18, at age 90. Frank began working fulltime in the Travel and Information Division of what was then called the Texas Highway Department in July 1961. When he became the editor of Texas Highways in September 1962, the magazine was a 24-page highway design, construction, and maintenance journal for department employees. Read More »
Bayou Bend a Hidden Treasure from Houston’s Past
Bayou Bend stands apart in Houston’s famously non-zoned cityscape. The pink stucco mansion and estate—now known as ... Read More »
Sarah Bird’s New Historical Novel Is Wild as an Acre of Snakes
In the debut of Texas Highways’ new monthly essay, Open Road, novelist Sarah Bird writes about walking the trails of J. Frank Dobie’s Paisano Ranch in the Texas Hill Country with the ghost of Cathy Williams, the only woman to join the Buffalo Soldiers, the African American army regiment formed after the Civil War. Since 1978, when Bird first heard about Williams at an African American rodeo, she had hoped Williams’ remarkable but mostly forgotten story would be told. After almost 40 years of waiting in vain, Bird decided that she would have to tell the story herself. The resulting novel—her 10th—is an exuberant, mind-opening page-turner of historical fiction, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen. Read More »
Stir-Fried Chinese Eggplant and Green Beans Recipe
Cooking oil, for frying 1 large Chinese eggplant (about 10 ounces total), cut into one-inch pieces 5 ounces ... Read More »
Hebert’s Caboose Ice Cream Shop
Hebert's Caboose Ice Cream Shop has been dishing out scoops of Blue Bell since owners Lonnie & Deanna Hebert bought, refreshed and reopened the shop in 2013. Lonnie & Deanna bought a nearby antique shop and the caboose was included in the deal after it had closed 3 years prior. Read More »
El Rocio Retreat
At the center of the Casa Luna, one of two B&B lodgings at El Rocio Retreat in Mission, a hundred-year-old ... Read More »
LaBorde House
In Rio Grande City, an inn called LaBorde House wears its old age with elegance. Built in 1899 by merchant ... Read More »
Queen Isabel Inn
The Queen Isabel is a calm haven of white brick amid the seaside bustle. The lobby, which is stocked with ... Read More »
Gladys Porter Zoo
The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville is one of the country’s best zoos, featuring almost 400 species of ... Read More »
Rio Grande Grill
As I continued traveling east on Business 83, I realized how famished I was. Lucky for me, my next stop was ... Read More »
Bici Bistro
With the sun dipping low on the horizon, I headed into downtown, where a wheel-shaped sign for the Bici Bistro ... Read More »
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