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