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A Native East Texan Remembers the Teacher Who Taught Him to Love the Detour

High school journalism teacher Suzanne Bardwell, who passed away in January, inspired her students to see the depth in the mundane

By Dalton LaFerney
August 18, 2022
Bree Jameson helps a young climber.

San Antonio Rock Climber Bree Jameson Talks Inclusion in Climbing Upon Release of New Documentary

By Ariel Castillo
August 17, 2022
A man in a white shirt uses tools to unearth a fossil in tan ground

Ancient Mosasaur Discovery Has Us Wondering Where Texas Ranks for Fossils

By Asher Elbein
August 16, 2022
An illustrated book cover showing people in water underneath the title 'The Last Karankawas'

In ‘The Last Karankawas,’ Kimberley Garza Highlights South Texas Communities Often Overlooked

By S. Kirk Walsh
August 15, 2022

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a multicolor building

Bobby Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press Is a Poet and Everyone Should Know It

By Lisa Bubert
August 11, 2022

50 Years Ago, Willie Nelson United Cowboys and Hippies at the Armadillo World Headquarters

By Michael Corcoran
August 10, 2022
A sculpture made of metal depicts a woman running. It is located on the Texas Tech University campus

New Lubbock Attractions Bring an Artsy Flair to the Ranching Town

By Rebecca Deurlein
August 5, 2022

Marfa Film Shop Revives the Art of Film Photography in West Texas

By James Hernandez
August 5, 2022

140 Years Ago, Judge Roy Bean Became the “Law West of the Pecos”

By Gene Fowler
August 2, 2022

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: How a Champion Baton Twirler Inspired Benavides’ Welcome Sign

By Marisa Charpentier
August 1, 2022
An endless array of decorated toilet seats cover an entire wall floor to ceiling. Two circular chandeliers hang on opposite sides of a ceiling fresco that depicts Michelangelo's Creation of Adam hands, where they are offering a roll of toilet paper.

At the Toilet Seat Art Museum in The Colony, You’ll Feel Moved By the Creativity

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
July 28, 2022
The exterior of a brick building with a neon sign reading "Owl Prescriptions Drugs"

Small Towns

15 Small Town Mom and Pop Shops Worth the Trip

July 28, 2022

Vintage

A Family Photo Depicts a Blacksmith Shop in Keller

By Traces of Texas
July 28, 2022
An illlustration of a cabin overlooking still water under a pink sky

Open Road

A Family Works to Overcome Tragedy on Possum Kingdom Lake

By Dalia Azim
July 28, 2022
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