Longtime North Texas Chain El Chico Serves Warm Memories
February 23, 2024 | By Eric Webb
History
See Early 20th-Century Big Bend Through the Lens of Photographer W.D. Smithers
February 19, 2024 | By Matt Joyce
Roadside Oddity: The Giant Uvalde Cut-outs
February 15, 2024 | By Sarah Thurmond
Our state is full of novelties, many of which have a peculiar story of how they came to be on their particular bend of the road—and we’re on a quest to tell them all.
A Transformative Weekend Getaway in Historic Laredo
February 14, 2024 | By Luis G. Rendon
The Elisabet Ney Museum Is a Historic Austin ‘Hidden Gem’
February 13, 2024 | By Mary Huber
At the corner of East 44th Street and Avenue H in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin stands a three-story stone structure that looks like a small medieval castle, with a keep (or fortified tower) and a colonnaded portico at the entrance.
The Smithsonian’s Traveling Exhibit Is Coming to Texas
February 7, 2024 | By Mary Beth Gahan
It doesn’t carry the name recognition of the Alamo, Nacogdoches, Goliad, or other key players in Texas’ history, but San Augustine in deep East Texas has plenty to boast about.
A Pittman Pilgrimage: Touring Texas’ First Practicing Black Architect’s Work
January 19, 2024 | By Alex Temblador
As I walked toward the Joshua Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Waxahachie, I noticed a blackbird on the roof fluffing its feathers.
When Texas Highways Became the Official Travel Magazine of Texas
January 19, 2024 | By Traces of Texas
Decades before Texas Highways became a public-facing travel magazine, it was known by the slightly less charming name Construction and Maintenance Bulletin, an internal publication for employees of the Texas Highway Department (now the Texas Department of Transportation).
Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On
January 11, 2024 | By Joe Nick Patoski
Of all the actors, musicians, sports figures, and entertainers known as Tex, the most famous is practically unknown to younger generations today.
How the Dallas Cowboys Became Kings of the Broadcast Booth
December 20, 2023 | By Joe Nick Patoski
If you’ve been watching NFL football, the No. 1 show on television, you might have noticed that the role of analyst in the broadcast booth is dominated by former Dallas Cowboys stars.
The Folklore Surrounding the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie
December 8, 2023 | By Sarah Thurmond
On Christmas mornings, once the flurry of opening presents dies down, my mom always brings out the cookie tray.
Why Is Big Spring the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas?
December 1, 2023 | By Marisa Charpentier
A Christmas Feast for San Antonio’s Newsboys
November 21, 2023 | By Traces of Texas
Thanks to the annual Newsboys’ Christmas Dinner in San Antonio, newsboy Gregorio Cortez was able to delight in a slice of pumpkin pie at the Alamo City’s Gunter Hotel on Dec.
