In the Land of Woody Guthrie
Thelma Bray had lived in Pampa for almost 60 years when she first heard that America’s greatest folk singer, Woody ... Read More »
The Bittersweet Legacy of Hereford’s POW Camp
Buses filled with elderly men lumbered down dusty Panhandle roads and rolled to a stop at the edge of a cornfield. ... Read More »
Reshaping the Town of Panhandle
Originally named Carson City, the town of Panhandle was a community of 30,000 during the late 1920s oil boom. When ... Read More »
Traveling Texas by…Dog?
Texas has always attracted its share of odd people, and Bill Brown was no exception. Brown, shown here with ... Read More »
Roadside Oddity: The Mysterious Tower Along I-35 Takes Inspiration from Inventor Nikola Tesla
About 50 miles south of downtown Dallas on Interstate 35—when the strip malls of the metroplex give way to ... Read More »
More Than a Century of Peanut Farming Makes Floresville the Peanut Capital of Texas
This spring, State Rep. Ryan Guillen introduced House Concurrent Resolution 83, which would designate Floresville ... Read More »
Get Your Money’s Worth at these Historic Texas Bank Hotels
If some of Texas’ historic bank-turned-hotel walls could talk, they would tell stories of wealth and loss. Tales ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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. Two hours ... Read More »
From Lockhart to the Grand Ole Opry, One Chain Stitch at a Time
A former hairstylist uses an old-school machine to bring a nostalgic art form into the modern age Read More »
The Science—and Luck—of the Two Upcoming Eclipses in Texas
On Oct. 14, the sun will briefly go dark, casting the world into an eerie, brief twilight. On April 8, 2024, it’ll ... Read More »