Culture

The Amateur Gainesville Community Circus Wowed Audiences for 30 Years

The Amateur Gainesville Community Circus Wowed Audiences for 30 Years

The crowd under the big top grew quiet as 15-year-old Evelyn Kaps climbed the ladder to a high platform beneath a ... Read More »

Flying Island Picks Up Where Trans-Pecos Festival Left Off

Flying Island Picks Up Where Trans-Pecos Festival Left Off

Before Matthew Bolick moved to Marfa over three years ago, he was organizing hardcore and punk rock shows and ... Read More »

Investigating Waxahachie’s Haunted History

Investigating Waxahachie’s Haunted History

Paranormal activity has always been an interest for Sandy Bates Emmons. “I got it from my dad, who was into UFOs, ... Read More »

Looking Back at the 1979 Film ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ with Jane Seymour

Looking Back at the 1979 Film ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ with Jane Seymour

If you were a kid growing up in Texas in the late 1970s, you were probably a Dallas Cowboys fan. But they weren’t ... Read More »

Coming Face-to-Face With the Chupacabra

Coming Face-to-Face With the Chupacabra

Of all the epic roadside attractions in Texas, only one has inspired a Pulitzer Prize winner to write driving ... Read More »

The Quest to Resurrect a Ghost Town

The Quest to Resurrect a Ghost Town

IT'SDEADAROUND HERE A GHOST TOWN ENTHUSIAST SEARCHES FOR THE ESSENCEOF THESE SCARCELY POPULATED ... Read More »

A Pit Stop at ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Gas Station in Bastrop

A Pit Stop at ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Gas Station in Bastrop

Scott Jensen remembers the first time he discovered the 1974 movie that launched the slasher film genre. He was 12 ... Read More »

Discover Ancient History on a Tour of the Gault Site

Discover Ancient History on a Tour of the Gault Site

“You are in one of the most special places in the hemisphere,” said guide Sergio Ayala in his introduction of the ... Read More »

A Son Finds His Father’s Spirit in Brownsville

A Son Finds His Father’s Spirit in Brownsville

OPEN ROADGHOST OF THE BORDERA BROWNSVILLE NATIVE SEARCHES FOR HIS FATHER IN A SHIFTING LANDBy RUDY RUIZNeil ... Read More »

A World of Wonder Awaits at Julie Speed’s Marfa Studio

A World of Wonder Awaits at Julie Speed’s Marfa Studio

Inside Julie Speed’s Marfa studio, sunlight streams through the large picture windows, casting golden rays onto ... Read More »

Do You Dare? Embark on a Frightful Texas Road Trip

Do You Dare? Embark on a Frightful Texas Road Trip

Take a trip through the spookier side of the state on cursed ships, in haunted hotels, and at sites of alleged ... Read More »

Meet the Texas Tailgaters, Banana Ball’s New Lone Star State Team

Meet the Texas Tailgaters, Banana Ball’s New Lone Star State Team

A baseball revolution is coming for Texas, and you won’t find it inside the MLB. Maybe you’ve sensed it in clips ... Read More »

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