September 21, 2021 | By Melissa Gaskill
In early August, a staff member at Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park and Resort on Lake Buchanan near Burnet reported the area’s first bald eagle of the season.
January 26, 2016 | By Dan Oko
Sunshine beams down through the limbs of soaring bald cypress trees as though the light has been filtered by the stained glass of a grand European cathedral.
January 12, 2016 | By Erin Inks and Julie Stratton
Every corner of the state—from the Big Bend to the Big Thicket, and Padre Island to the Panhandle’s Lake Meredith—is home to spectacular getaways and historic places worthy of national notice.
October 1, 2009 | By Dan Oko
Deep within the piney forests of East Texas, I watch fireflies dance like tiny warriors with flaming spears.
July 21, 2009 | By Lori Moffatt
When I read that a 252-acre botanical garden in Orange, Texas—Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center—had recently been honored for its environmentally sound design, I started to plan a trip to southeast Texas to see it myself.
Published 10 times per year by the Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Highways, the official travel magazine of Texas, encourages travel to and within the Lone Star State and tells the Texas story to readers around the world.
