Preserving Texas’ History Through Its Native Flowers
March 4, 2024 | By Matt Joyce
Culture
Frolicking Among the Bluebonnets at Fort Parker State Park
February 29, 2024 | By TH Staff
This photo from the Texas Highways archives shows a handsome couple—and their handlers—frolicking in a bumper crop of bluebonnets at Fort Parker State Park.
History of the Trailblazer: How Texas Birthed the Modern Monorail
February 28, 2024 | By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
Texas is known for many inventions—Dr Pepper, Liquid Paper, the frozen margarita machine, and even silicone breast implants.
A Texas Bouquet
February 27, 2024 | By TH Staff
This article is from the Texas Highways archive. It first appeared in the June 1974 issue.
What Texas Wildflower Are You Based on Your Zodiac Sign?
February 27, 2024 | By Dina Gachman
Longtime North Texas Chain El Chico Serves Warm Memories
February 23, 2024 | By Eric Webb
See Early 20th-Century Big Bend Through the Lens of Photographer W.D. Smithers
February 19, 2024 | By Matt Joyce
Armadillo World Headquarters Strikes a New Chord
February 16, 2024 | By
Dave Dalton Thomas
The Armadillo World Headquarters never grew old. But its legend sure as hell did.
As a venue, it lasted not quite 11 years, from mid-1970 to the first hours of 1981.
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.
Inside Valentine Texas Bar Is a West Texas Fairy Tale
February 8, 2024 | By Sarah M. Vasquez
It’s easy to miss Valentine Texas Bar. The building on State Highway 90 looks just like any of the other remote West Texas town’s crumbling adobe, especially with the restoration work at the adjacent HiWay Cafe.
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.
