Take the Ride of the Century on Route 66
RIDE OF THE CENTURY TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH 100 YEARS OF SIGHTS AND BITES ALONG ROUTE 66 ... Read More »
The Curious Case of the Cayuga, Texas’ Floating Capital
At the Convention of 1836, delegates drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the ... Read More »
Your 2026 Texas Travel Bucket List
Your 2026 Texas Travel Bucket List PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A YEAR OF STATEWIDE THRILLS By ... Read More »
Remembering Dallas’ Marriott Motor Hotel
Drivers on the newly completed Interstate 35 through Dallas were welcomed with a novel sight in 1960: a sign for a ... Read More »
When the Queen of Flowers Reigned in Houston’s Magnolia Park
At first glance, Reyna's Florist on the corner of 75th Street and Avenue I might look like any other flower shop ... Read More »
The History of Gillespie County’s One-Room Schoolhouses
When Leroy Pehl enrolled at the Luckenbach School in 1948, he was one of four students in the first grade—but they ... Read More »
The Evolution of Texas’ Recording Industry
Texas music recording history changed forever on the fourth floor of a hotel on San Antonio’s River Walk. For ... Read More »
This Almost-100-Year-Old Ferry Route Is Still a Thrill
I have never been a boat girl. Still, one rainy Sunday morning in April, I found myself riding a vessel in ... Read More »
The Best Photo Outtakes of 2025
The Year in Photos TEXAS HIGHWAYS' PHOTOGRAPHERS SHARE THE STORIES AND SPONTANEOUS MOMENTS BEHIND THE ... Read More »
Architect Michael Hsu on Shaping Texas Cities
It’s been more than 20 years since architect Michael Hsu helped transform a red bungalow in South Austin into ... Read More »
Seeing Stars in the Chihuahuan Desert
My empty nest was closing in on me. I texted my friend Anne, also the mother of absent college kids: ... Read More »
When Smithville Baked the World’s Largest Gingerbread Man
TThe 1998 Sandra Bullock movie Hope Floats may have put Smithville on the map, but the small Bastrop County town ... Read More »