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If You Didn’t Post a Selfie From Marfa, Were You Ever Really There?

A social media addict logs off and experiences West Texas the old-fashioned way

By Lauren Hough
October 27, 2022
A man in pinstripe overalls stands next to a bright red three-wheeled bicycle with American and Texas flags on the back

Like a Local

Ross Blasingame Is Abilene’s Tricycle-Riding Beacon of Good Will

By Regina L. Burns
October 27, 2022
An illustration of a man in a blue collared shirt reading FC Dallas on a red background with soccer balls

Sports

As the World Cup Kicks Off, FC Dallas President Dan Hunt Talks Texas Soccer

By Matt Joyce
October 27, 2022

Open Road

The Past Is Present in the East Texas City of Marshall

By Gordy Sauer
October 27, 2022

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A single gravesite is marked in the middle of an island between two roads. A tree trunk toward the back of the island is where the historical marker sign is located.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Lone Grave in Hearne

By Marisa Charpentier
October 26, 2022

Sports

Formula 1 Goes ‘Full Texan’ at the 2022 United States Grand Prix in Austin

By Matthew Wetzler
October 24, 2022

Joe Ely Looks Back on His 50-Year Career Ahead of Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction

By Joe Nick Patoski
October 21, 2022
A shot of the "Ezekiel" flying machine hangs from the ceiling in an exhibition room at the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum in Pittsburg. Three people stand underneath the contraption, a structure that looks like a nun's cornette with wheels.

Did an East Texas Preacher Beat the Wright Brothers Into the Sky?

By Paul McDonnold
October 18, 2022

Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel Puts Texas Music History Up for Auction

By Joe Gross
October 13, 2022

Who Is Colleen Hoover, the Texas Author Taking the Romance Genre By Storm?

By S. Kirk Walsh
October 11, 2022
An artist rendering of the Austin skyline with the Waterline on the right of the photo. Soaring to 1,022 feet, Waterline will become the tallest tower in Texas when it opens in 2026. Source: Atchain

A Brief History of the Rise and Rise of Texas Skyscrapers

By Joe Nick Patoski
October 7, 2022
A closeup of the statue of Emily West Morgan, whose head is turned to be looking left, by Eddie Dixon, located at the Alamo. Photo courtesy the Alamo Trust, Inc.

New Alamo Statues Featuring African Americans Tell A More Complete Story of the Texas Revolution

By Regina L. Burns
October 5, 2022
A collage of book covers mentioned later in this article

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with 8 Books By Texas Authors

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
September 29, 2022
The gray-blue waters of the Rio Grande cut through a swath of desert landscape with a tall mountain in the background

History

The Comanche Trail in Big Bend Recalls a Bygone Era of Tribal Raids into Mexico

By W.K. Stratton
September 29, 2022
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