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The Texas Archive Turning Home Videos into History

The Texas Archive Turning Home Videos into History

Bandera middle school’s cafeteria provides an unlikely backdrop for a trip through time one Saturday afternoon in ... Read More »

Exploring New Lands on Old Railroad Tracks

Exploring New Lands on Old Railroad Tracks

As my friend Lize and I step into the mouth of the 582-foot Clarity Tunnel, I feel as if I am embarking on the ... Read More »

Selena Transcends Generations at The Wittliff Collections’ New Exhibit

Selena Transcends Generations at The Wittliff Collections’ New Exhibit

During a photography exhibit at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos three years ago, ... Read More »

Running Free in North Texas

Running Free in North Texas

OPEN ROADPERSONAL RECORDA cross-country runner tracks down a long-lost high school teammateBy IAN DILLEMichael ... Read More »

The Pioneer Flight Museum Preserves Aviation History in Kingsbury

The Pioneer Flight Museum Preserves Aviation History in Kingsbury

Twice a year during the Wings and Wheels Fly-In in Kingsbury, World War I-era aircraft with deep-throated engines ... Read More »

Brené Brown On Staying Grounded in Trying Times

Brené Brown On Staying Grounded in Trying Times

To hear research professor, podcaster, and bestselling author Brené Brown describe her home state of Texas, she ... Read More »

Life Is Sweet in the Syrup Capital of Texas

Life Is Sweet in the Syrup Capital of Texas

For Vickie Armstrong, Sunday morning often includes freshly baked biscuits, maybe dotted with butter, before ... Read More »

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 »

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