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Cover photo: Cerro Castellan at Big Bend National Park by Wayne Suggs

December 2019

Vol. 66, No. 12

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Features

Find Stuff You Never Knew You Needed at the World’s Largest Public Flea Market in Canton

How Communities are Joining the Fight to Keep Texas’ Night Skies Big and Bright

Escape the Crowds at These 5 Small-Town Holiday Light Spectaculars

Departments

Editor’s Note

Turn Off the Lights

My Hometown

My Hometown: Bay City, agricultural town on the Bay Prairie

Open Road

A Fredericksburg native reckons with his hometown’s evolution from a German enclave to a tourist destination

Getaway

Winter Getaway: New Energy and Classic Cowtown Converge in Fort Worth

Speaking of Texas

Stephen Harrigan on His Big and Wonderful Chronicle of Texas

Texana

Around the Horn: The Craftsmanship and Community of Texas Saddle Shops

Drive / Stay

A Former 1920s Schoolhouse Offers Chic Accommodations Near the San Marcos River

Drive / Detour

Artist “Cimi” Alvarado Teaches History Through the Murals of El Segundo Barrio

Drive / Made in Texas

Commune with Nature at These Treehouses in the Texas Hill Country

Plates

5 Unexpected River Walk Restaurants for Your Next Visit to San Antonio

Plates

From Red Rio Grapefruit to Aggie-Colored Carrots, How Farmers and Scientists Invent Truly Texas Produce

Plates

These 3 Restaurants Give Modern Takes on Pre-Columbian Cooking

Vintage

Photo: Fort Worth families made the most of this snowy day in January 1889

Daytripper

The Daytripper’s Top 5 in Odessa

Sightseer

Photo: The Old Stardust Hotel in Marfa

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Cover photo: Cerro Castellan at Big Bend National Park by Wayne Suggs

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