Shorty’s in Port Aransas Is a Blast From the Past
Musician Jim Dugan grabs a Seagull acoustic guitar from his Ford F-250 diesel pickup in the gravel parking lot at ... Read More »
Capturing the Spirit of Townes Van Zandt in Fort Worth
The late Townes Van Zandt performing in Germany in 1995. Photo courtesy Michael Schwarz/via CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a ... Read More »
Frolicking Among the Bluebonnets at Fort Parker State Park
This photo from the Texas Highways archives shows a handsome couple—and their handlers—frolicking in a bumper ... Read More »
History of the Trailblazer: How Texas Birthed the Modern Monorail
Texas is known for many inventions—Dr Pepper, Liquid Paper, the frozen margarita machine, and even silicone ... Read More »
A Texas Bouquet
Red clover cultivated by the Highway Department on IH 20 west of Longview. This article is from the Texas ... Read More »
Longtime North Texas Chain El Chico Serves Warm Memories
It’s now accepted wisdom within the state: The words “hot plate!” roared by a server is something of a culinary ... Read More »
See Early 20th-Century Big Bend Through the Lens of Photographer W.D. Smithers
In one of his pictures documenting life in far West Texas, photographer Wilfred Dudley (W.D.) Smithers shows a ... Read More »
Roadside Oddity: The Giant Uvalde Cut-outs
Our state is full of novelties, many of which have a peculiar story of how they came to be on their particular ... Read More »
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
It doesn’t carry the name recognition of the Alamo, Nacogdoches, Goliad, or other key players in Texas' history, ... Read More »
What Remains of the Wends Can Be Found in Serbin
On the eve of Jan. 25, students at St. Paul Lutheran School in Serbin, south of Giddings, set out empty plates on ... Read More »
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 »
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