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The Elisabet Ney Museum Is a Historic Austin ‘Hidden Gem’

The Elisabet Ney Museum Is a Historic Austin ‘Hidden Gem’

At the corner of East 44th Street and Avenue H in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin stands a three-story ... Read More »

The Smithsonian’s Traveling Exhibit Is Coming to Texas

The Smithsonian’s Traveling Exhibit Is Coming to Texas

It doesn’t carry the name recognition of the Alamo, Nacogdoches, Goliad, or other key players in Texas' ... Read More »

A Pittman Pilgrimage: Touring Texas’ First Practicing Black Architect’s Work

A Pittman Pilgrimage: Touring Texas’ First Practicing Black Architect’s Work

As I walked toward the Joshua Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Waxahachie, I noticed a ... Read More »

When Texas Highways Became the Official Travel Magazine of Texas

When Texas Highways Became the Official Travel Magazine of Texas

Decades before Texas Highways became a public-facing travel magazine, it was known by the slightly less ... Read More »

Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On

Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On

Of all the actors, musicians, sports figures, and entertainers known as Tex, the most famous is practically ... Read More »

How the Dallas Cowboys Became Kings of the Broadcast Booth

How the Dallas Cowboys Became Kings of the Broadcast Booth

If you’ve been watching NFL football, the No. 1 show on television, you might have noticed that the role of ... Read More »

The Folklore Surrounding the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

The Folklore Surrounding the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

On Christmas mornings, once the flurry of opening presents dies down, my mom always brings out the cookie tray. ... Read More »

Why Is Big Spring the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas?

Why Is Big Spring the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas?

Each December, people from all over trek to Big Spring to get into the holiday spirit. Beyond the houses and shops ... Read More »

Revisiting the El Paso Haunts of Pancho Villa

Revisiting the El Paso Haunts of Pancho Villa

One hundred years ago, rifle fire shattered the morning calm in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, roughly 400 ... Read More »

A Christmas Feast for San Antonio’s Newsboys

A Christmas Feast for San Antonio’s Newsboys

Thanks to the annual Newsboys’ Christmas Dinner in San Antonio, newsboy Gregorio Cortez was able to delight in ... Read More »

The Original Texans

The Original Texans

Tonkawa Creek spills over time-worn rocky bluffs and splashes into a clear blue-green pool at Tonkawa Falls ... Read More »

Ghost Hunting at the Abandoned Bomarton Church

Ghost Hunting at the Abandoned Bomarton Church

When it’s 3 a.m. and you’re standing in front of a century-old church, watching the lights on twirling ... Read More »

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