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Everything Goes to the Dogs at the Buda Wiener Dog Races

Everything Goes to the Dogs at the Buda Wiener Dog Races

After the usual trumpet fanfares, the racers, distinguished by different colored bandanas around their necks, ... Read More »

Loud and Invasive, the Monk Parakeet Charmed Its Way Into Texas Almost 50 Years Ago

Loud and Invasive, the Monk Parakeet Charmed Its Way Into Texas Almost 50 Years Ago

If you live along the coast or in any of the big metros of the Texas Triangle, you have seen or at least heard ... Read More »

Explore World War II Aircraft History at This Dallas Museum

Explore World War II Aircraft History at This Dallas Museum

  Each spring, for several years, I would hear a low rumble beginning in the west. The vibrations would get ... Read More »

It Wouldn’t Be Wedding Season in Texas Without the Grand March

It Wouldn’t Be Wedding Season in Texas Without the Grand March

The dance starts with our elders. Two old-timers who know what it means to spend decades together in marriage ... Read More »

William Clark Green Finds a Muse in the People and Places of Small-Town Texas

William Clark Green Finds a Muse in the People and Places of Small-Town Texas

Even though singer-songwriter William Clark Green now calls the big city of Fort Worth home, his upbringing in ... Read More »

Looking for a Saloon? Bandera’s Historic 11th Street Cowboy Bar Is For Sale

Looking for a Saloon? Bandera’s Historic 11th Street Cowboy Bar Is For Sale

The owner of one of the Lone Star State’s most famous country western bars has put the venue up for sale. James ... Read More »

Can the Sugar Land Space Cowboys Help Houston Embrace Its True Nickname?

Can the Sugar Land Space Cowboys Help Houston Embrace Its True Nickname?

Today is the home debut of the Sugar Land Skeeters—correction, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Man, that’s going ... Read More »

At ‘Immersive Frida Kahlo,’ Visitors Can See the Famous Mexican Artist In a New Light

At ‘Immersive Frida Kahlo,’ Visitors Can See the Famous Mexican Artist In a New Light

As you enter the room and sit down on a chair or cube, you feel Frida Kahlo’s iconic portraits gazing down on ... Read More »

From Garden Gnomes to Willie Nelson’s Likeness, the Sculptures of Port Aransas Sandfest Never Disappoint

From Garden Gnomes to Willie Nelson’s Likeness, the Sculptures of Port Aransas Sandfest Never Disappoint

Every year as temperatures rise, friends and families from across the state descend on the long, wide beaches ... Read More »

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: An Aerial View of the Astrodome

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: An Aerial View of the Astrodome

Traces of Texas reader Frank Pasket was in the Coast Guard during the 1960s and was nice enough to send in this ... Read More »

Lockhart’s Library Is the Oldest in Texas Still in Its Original Building

Lockhart’s Library Is the Oldest in Texas Still in Its Original Building

Step inside the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart and you’re immediately met by an “old library” scent—woody, ... Read More »

Need a Fairy Tale Getaway? Try Staying at a Texas Castle

Need a Fairy Tale Getaway? Try Staying at a Texas Castle

Texas might be the last place on Earth you’d expect to see a medley of medieval-style castles. And yet, in both ... Read More »

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