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.
Culture
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.
Experience Pottsboro in North Texas Like a Local
February 7, 2024 | By Lisa Bubert
When Dianne Connery moved to Pottsboro in 2010, she was ready to retire. After years working in gerontology consulting in Plano, she just wanted to enjoy the view of Lake Texoma and live the small town life in the community of 2,873 about 77 miles north of Dallas.
It’s a New Season for Fort Worth’s Abraham Alexander
February 2, 2024 | By Joe Nick Patoski
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Abraham Alexander’s love song “Tears Run Dry” is filling the airwaves.” The track, which comes from his debut album, SEA/SONS, was inspired by the story of family friends celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
Nixta Taqueria Chef Edgar Rico on the Joys of Tacos
January 31, 2024 | By S. Kirk Walsh
“Tacos have always brought me joy,” says Edgar Rico, executive chef and co-owner of Nixta Taqueria in East Austin.
