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Exploring New Braunfels’ German History at the Faust Hotel

Exploring New Braunfels’ German History at the Faust Hotel

Devil’s Advocate The Faust Hotel in New Braunfels conjures thoughts of Goethe’s Faust by Fernando A. FloresIn the ... Read More »

A Photographer Captures Divine Inspiration in Texas’ Transcendent Landmarks

A Photographer Captures Divine Inspiration in Texas’ Transcendent Landmarks

From the ancient Chisos Mountains to the majestic Piney Woods to the roar of waves crashing on the South Padre ... Read More »

Hemphill Remembers the Columbia Disaster 20 Years Later

Hemphill Remembers the Columbia Disaster 20 Years Later

In the days following the Columbia space shuttle’s disintegration over East Texas 20 years ago, the Piney Woods of ... Read More »

Freddy Fender’s Remarkable Run From Bebop Kid to Texas Tornado

Freddy Fender’s Remarkable Run From Bebop Kid to Texas Tornado

Sixteen years after his death in October 2006, Freddy Fender still isn’t in “hillbilly heaven.” That would ... Read More »

A Lost Swimming Hole in the Panhandle Plains Holds Generations of Family Memories

A Lost Swimming Hole in the Panhandle Plains Holds Generations of Family Memories

Parting the Waters Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls by Bobby AlemánI wipe the water from ... Read More »

Fast-Growing New Braunfels Holds Onto Its German Heritage and River Recreation

Fast-Growing New Braunfels Holds Onto Its German Heritage and River Recreation

If you’re a fan of “The Chicken Dance,” you probably know about New Braunfels. The playful polka is a mainstay at ... Read More »

Michael Martin Murphey Is Having a Ball Celebrating 30 Years of His Cowboy Christmas Tour

Michael Martin Murphey Is Having a Ball Celebrating 30 Years of His Cowboy Christmas Tour

For 30 years, Michael Martin Murphey, 77, has been ringing in the holiday season with his Cowboy Christmas ... Read More »

You’ve Never Been to Dickens on the Strand? Bah! Humbug!

You’ve Never Been to Dickens on the Strand? Bah! Humbug!

The first person we saw upon entering The Strand in Galveston was Charles Dickens. It was an early December ... Read More »

The Gault Site in Central Texas Reveals New Details About the Oldest North Americans

The Gault Site in Central Texas Reveals New Details About the Oldest North Americans

Heading west from Georgetown, away from the crowded Interstate 35 corridor, the countryside turns green with ... Read More »

A Long Goodbye to Texas

A Long Goodbye to Texas

Too Wild To Love A multigenerational Texas family leaves the state for a new life on the East Coast by Elizabeth ... Read More »

Find Exotic Animals and Hill Country Culture in the No-Stoplight Town of Harper

Find Exotic Animals and Hill Country Culture in the No-Stoplight Town of Harper

The settlers who first came to the Harper area in the 1860s were drawn by rolling Hill Country grasslands ... Read More »

Journalist and Podcaster Sam Sanders Connects the Dots of Culture and News

Journalist and Podcaster Sam Sanders Connects the Dots of Culture and News

Sam Sanders’ popularity as a radio and podcast journalist is driven by his insightful takes on news and ... Read More »

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