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Roadside Oddity: The Futuro House of Royse City

Roadside Oddity: The Futuro House of Royse City

Heading east on State Highway 276, just within Rockwall County limits, a neon orange ellipse stands in the grass ... Read More »

10 Texas Events to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

10 Texas Events to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

As America marks its 250th anniversary on Independence Day, Texas is diving headfirst into the patriotic ... Read More »

Fort Stockton’s Water Carnival Has Made a Splash for 90 Years

Fort Stockton’s Water Carnival Has Made a Splash for 90 Years

By 9:15 p.m. on a Friday in July, a crowd has filled the bleachers at Comanche Springs Pool in Fort Stockton. As ... Read More »

Documenting Black History Through Historic Texas Trees

Documenting Black History Through Historic Texas Trees

In the sweltering summer months, the sprawling canopy of one of Missouri City’s massive oaks offers a brief ... Read More »

The Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela Goes on Display in Dallas

The Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela Goes on Display in Dallas

Nelson Mandela loomed large as a heroic figure during his life, first as an anti-apartheid activist, then as a ... Read More »

Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is in a Lane of Her Own

Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is in a Lane of Her Own

By the age of 5, Sugar Land native Simone Manuel was already “swimming up” with the 7- and 8-year-olds. Even at ... Read More »

Behind the Art of Keeping Texas’ Hottest Dance Halls Cool(er)

Behind the Art of Keeping Texas’ Hottest Dance Halls Cool(er)

Before I met with Gruene Hall owner Susie Molak on an unseasonably cool morning in early May, it had been exactly ... Read More »

The Woodlands Mall Is a Suburban Time Capsule

The Woodlands Mall Is a Suburban Time Capsule

If you wanted to hang out, you went to Deerbrook Mall—the nearest major commerce center to Kingwood, the Houston ... Read More »

A Historic Landmark in Del Rio Is Reborn as Gin House Jazz Club

A Historic Landmark in Del Rio Is Reborn as Gin House Jazz Club

It’s a Thursday evening at the Gin House Jazz Club in Del Rio, a small border city in southwest Texas. The ... Read More »

I’m a Native Texan. I Just Tried Dr Pepper For the First Time.

I’m a Native Texan. I Just Tried Dr Pepper For the First Time.

The Greek gods had ambrosia; Texans have Dr Pepper. The soda, created in Waco by pharmacist Charles Alderton in ... Read More »

Jackals, Nuns, a Psychic Corgi: An Insider’s Guide to Spurs Fandom

Jackals, Nuns, a Psychic Corgi: An Insider’s Guide to Spurs Fandom

Some people are born under a lucky star. Take me, for example. I was born in 1996, just a few months too late to ... Read More »

Returning to the Guadalupe River a Year After the Floods

Returning to the Guadalupe River a Year After the Floods

Return to the River Nearly a year after the devastating July 4 floods, Hill Country communities are ... Read More »

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