August 2019 August Features 15 Small Texas Towns to Visit Now Tour the World in Texas Departments Editor’s Note Here’s How We Picked Our 15 Small Towns to Visit Now Sightseer Photo: The Milky Way Rises Over Pedernales Falls State Park My Hometown My Hometown: Mayor Elaine Kocian Steps Up for Schulenburg Open Road An Iconic Dance Hall in Big Spring Hosts an Eclectic Crowd Getaway Summer Getaway: A Weekend in Wichita Falls Speaking of Texas Sedrick Huckaby Makes Art for the People: From the Streets of Poly to a U.S. President Drive / Stay Spend the Night in One of These 4 Converted Train Cars Drive / Made in Texas Calling on All Manner of Higher Powers, This San Antonio Shop Has Just the Thing for Your Earthly Problems Plates Pendery’s in Fort Worth Has Been Creating Exotic Spices and Chile Blends for 150 Years Plates Enjoy A Slice Of Pie At The Halfway Mark Of Route 66 Plates This Native Bean Can Be Made Into Gluten-Free Flour, Jelly, Coffee, And More Texana The New London Museum Recalls the Most Deadly School Tragedy in U.S. History Daytripper The Daytripper’s Top 5 in Rockwall Vintage Century-Old Image Captures a Bastrop County Mining Band