Family Travel

Meet Comfort Tysen, the Texas State Capitol’s Longest-Serving Tour Guide

May 25, 2023 | By Clayton Maxwell

When Comfort Tysen gives a tour, she puts her whole body into the job.
On some days, the longest-serving guide at the Texas State Capitol will ascend the building’s ornate cast-iron staircases hundreds of times, greeting many of the people she passes there by name.

A Hotel Haunted by a Ghost Cat and Other Spooky Tales in New Braunfels

May 24, 2023 | By Bobby Alemán

Just as we were leaving the restaurant on the outskirts of New Braunfels, we saw a black sky turn purple and flash with thunderbolts.

The Houston Zoo’s New Galápagos Islands Exhibit Enchants and Educates

April 12, 2023 | By Layne Van Vranken

In 2018, the Houston Zoo announced an ambitious capital campaign to revitalize the sought-after Texas destination, introduce additional attractions to highlight the world’s animal population, and focus on issues related to conservation and how best to protect the planet.

How Texans Reconnect Children With the State’s Natural Wonders

March 28, 2023 | By Rubén Degollado

Texas offers a wealth of opportunities for kids to put down their screens and dial in to nature

Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

March 24, 2023 | By Melissa Gaskill

Inside a sofa-size aquarium, a black-and-white striped sheepshead and a small school of shiny Gulf menhaden swim above a southern flounder lying like a plate in the sand.

Your 2023 Texas Travel Bucket List

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Formula One and NASCAR Can Eat Dirt Track Racing’s Dust

December 29, 2022 | By Kameron Dunn

Get a Taste of the Cowboy Life at a Texas Dude Ranch

October 27, 2022 | By Clayton Maxwell

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

September 29, 2022 | By Michael J. Mooney

How One Houston Family Visited All 89 Texas State Parks—And More

August 8, 2022 | By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano

Texas Small Towns to Visit Now

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The Trost Trail Offers a Look at West Texas’ Gorgeously Crafted Hotels

June 29, 2022 | By Melissa Gaskill

Idyllic Vacations Are the Norm in the Picturesque Hill Country

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Peel Back the Layers of Austin’s Onion Creek

April 28, 2022 | By Ian Dille

The May 2023 cover of Texas Highways Magazine

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