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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?

A year before the historic day in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, supposedly Burrell Cannon's Ezekiel Airship took flight in East Texas

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

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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
Bright string lights and neon signs illuminate a corridor filled with people milling about in an evening scene

Road Trips

There’s Never Been A Better Time to Visit Fort Worth

By Sarah Hepola
September 29, 2022
A chapel on a hill bathed in golden evening light

Drive

What the Heck is a Ghost Town?

By Scott Bedgood
September 29, 2022
A person sits on a bench beneath a large Live Oak tree in a cemetery

Family Travel

Cemetery Strolls Offer an Opportunity to Meditate on Life’s Big Questions

By Michael J. Mooney
September 29, 2022
A group of men stand around a blindfolded man holding a plate of chili and a spoon

Vintage

A Look At Terlingua’s Chili Origins

By Traces of Texas
September 29, 2022

Open Road

Get Home Before Sundown or La Llorona Might Get You

By Rubén Degollado
September 29, 2022

An Ode to the Native Chile Pequin, the ‘Mother of All Peppers’

By Cat Cardenas
September 29, 2022
A collection of intricately decorated orange fruits with black markings in the shape of lizards and other animals

Drive

The Lone Star Gourd Festival Shows the Versatility of the Fruit

By Sallie Lewis
September 29, 2022
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