As 2018 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at the 10 most-read stories of the year on texashighways.com.

All is Fair …

It’s fair season, y’all! Cooler weather means that grounds across Texas are setting up their spinning ferris wheels, grooming their...

European Flavor in Bay City

Soft recessed lighting and exposed brick walls, smooth jazz on the sound system, and the mouthwatering aroma of butter and grilled fish...

10 Texas Books That Defined 2020

None of us will forget the year 2020, but hopefully a part of these memories will be of books we read for solace and comfort during these...

Get Your Texas Video Conferencing Background

Video calls can be a great way to connect with family, friends or coworkers. Show off your True Texan side with one of our...

The Daytripper Finds Spacecraft, Hidden Waterfalls, and Delicious Grub in Palestine

If you arrange to travel to “Pal-e-styne,” you’ll end up in the Middle East. However, if you set your course to “Pal-e-steen,” you’ll end...

Christmas Rocks! Houston’s One-Stop Holiday Shop

In Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol, a reformed Ebenezer Scrooge proclaims, “I will honour Christmas in my heart,...

Eclipse Viewing in Texas

For the first time since 1979, a total solar eclipse will be visible in the United States on August 21. Although Texas is positioned to...

Dining on the Dock of the Bay

Inside Dirty Al’s at Pelican Station in Port Isabel, I have a front-row seat for watching the Laguna Madre: A tugboat pushes barges on the...

What Is the Greatest Piece of Art in Texas?

A quiet path leads from the old mission church toward the river. I’m alone in the thicket, but I can sense the object of my search getting...

Any Day Above Ground Is a Good One at the Quirky National Museum of Funeral History

For the past eight years, the treasury of exhibits about the cultural practices and traditions surrounding death has hosted a haunted maze during the month of October. The president and curator of the museum, Genevieve Keeney, says it takes great pains to make sure the event is a good time for all ages.

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