Catch a Show at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Theater
May 17, 2024 | By
The only free-standing theater designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright ever built is located in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood.
History
Victoria’s Bicentennial Trolley Tour Is the Most Coveted Ticket in Town
May 10, 2024 | By
As I walk around the 1892 Victoria County Courthouse, the first stop on the Bicentennial 2024 Old Victoria Trolley Tour, I feel a presence and permanence of the past.
On Top of the World at Big Bend National Park
May 3, 2024 | By
The air is rare at the top of Big Bend National Park, an 800,000-acre expanse of towering mesas and deep river canyons on the U.S.-Mexico border.
How Texas Has Led Energy Booms for Over a Century
April 22, 2024 | By
My muscles shake as I climb up the inside of a seemingly endless vertical tunnel, stopping at platforms along the way to catch my breath.
A Historic Beyoncé Tour in Houston Digs Into Her Texas Roots
April 1, 2024 | By
When Beyoncé announced in a commercial during this year’s Super Bowl that a new album was dropping March 29, the Beyhive buzzed with excitement.
The Daytripper Gets Rejuvenated in Mineral Wells
March 13, 2024 | By Chet Garner
The year 1880 was a momentous one for the town of Mineral Wells. It had been settled only three years prior, and early residents were already fed up with hauling water from the Brazos River 4 miles away.
The Making of Luck, Willie Nelson’s Old West Town
March 11, 2024 | By
The Western movie set located on Willie Nelson’s property about 30 miles west of Austin was, well, down on its luck.
Capturing the Spirit of Townes Van Zandt in Fort Worth
March 6, 2024 | By Daniel Orr
It’s a blustery, dark, cold January day at an old cemetery in Dido. Were it not for the two Texas Historical Commission markers and the signage for the United Methodist Church, this ghost town 40 minutes northwest of downtown Fort Worth on the shores of Eagle Mountain Lake would be all but imperceptible to passersby.
