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October 2024

On the Cover

50 Texas Burgers Worth the Drive

The only thing Texans love more than beef is when it’s ground, seasoned, and seared on a flattop

September 17, 2024

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Lakes

Caddo Lake Inspires Legends and Lore in East Texas

By Edward Carey
September 23, 2024

Art

The Fearless Cowgirls of Mexican Rodeo

By Marisa Charpentier
July 12, 2024

Texas’ Invasive Wild Hogs Are on the Menu

By Paula Forbes
October 15, 2024

Like a Local

Columbus’ Missy Parker Is Preserving Town History

By Kristin Finan
October 9, 2024
A man walks toward the door of a bookstore with a cart of books outside. A sign hangs above reading "Ed's Bookshop"

Getaway

A Weekend Getaway in Outer Aggieland

By Matt Adams
October 8, 2024
A group of people admire large cave formations in an underground, tan cave. Lights illuminate the features and the onlookers stay on a walking path

Texana

How UT Austin Students Mapped Natural Bridge Caverns

By Asher Elbein
October 7, 2024
A stone cabin is built into the side of a red stone canyon. More of the canyon and trees are visible in the distance.

Stay

Where to Stay After a Long Day’s Hike

By Scott Dubois
October 3, 2024
A large Eiffel Tower-shaped sculpture with a red cowboy hat on top shot in a night scene

Dispatch

A Romantic Rendezvous in Paris—Texas

By Jason Stanford
October 3, 2024
A man pours mustard onto a large golden corn dog in the foreground. Elsewhere in the scene, bright red and yellow umbrellas cover stone tables in front of a wooden building with a red and yellow awning that reads "Fletcher's Drive Thru"

Bites

Gettin’ Corny with Fletcher’s

By Christopher Collins
September 27, 2024
A man in a t-shirt sits on a brown leather couch holding his chin in one hand

Books

Author Johnny Compton Excels at Texas Terror

By Celso Hurtado
September 25, 2024

Open Road

Exploring the Native American Religion of Peyotism’s South Texas Roots

By W.K. Stratton
September 18, 2024
Two bugers wrapped in foil in a red-checkered paper lined basket sit on a table in front of an olive-green booth

Editor's Note

A Job Well Done

By Emily Roberts Stone
September 17, 2024

Burgers

Did Texas Invent the Hamburger?

By Amanda Albee
September 17, 2024
An illustration of a Black woman with short hair, glasses, and a smirk on a purple background

Speaking of Texas

Author Attica Locke Completes Her Highway 59 Trilogy

By Dina Gachman
September 11, 2024

October 2024

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