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Most-Read Stories of 2018

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Peter Obering

December 26, 2018

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

At Austin’s Curtain Theatre, the Stage Is Set for Its First Show Since the Pandemic

It’s a few days before opening night of the Baron’s Men’s production of The Tempest, and the cast and crew are rehearsing the first scene...

Exhibition Coming to the African American Museum in Dallas Will View Jefferson’s Monticello Through the Eyes of Slaves

An upcoming museum exhibit in Dallas will explore life on one of the nation’s most historic plantations—from the perspective of slaves who lived there.

Dallas’ African American Museum will debut the newly updated Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty in mid-September, the museum announced this week. The exhibition will feature more than 300 works of art, documents, and artifacts.

Sisterdale’s Secrets

If Ottmar von Behr had gotten his way 155 years ago, Sisterdale would look a whole lot different than the tiny town it turned out to be....

The Bastrop Aesthetic

Instead of pigeon-holing Bastrop as a place to stop for a piece of pie and a poke around the shops, my husband and I arrive for a weekend...

Summer Picks

Make the Most of Texas Peach Season Hit the road and visit three counties to find the juiciest, ripest peaches for cooking, canning, or...

Hueco Rock Rodeo

Rock climbers from all over the world will head to Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site in El Paso Feb. 16-18 to dangle from the rocky...

Get Your Fill at Griff’s Grill in Waco

An hour into a 2002 interview with Billy Joe Shaver, the late, great Texas singer-songwriter stood up, looked at me, and said, “Talking...

Suburban Renewal: McKinney

On a quiet weekday afternoon in McKinney’s downtown historic district, a guitar player is picking out a tune in the shadow of Collin...

Hidden Gems

The National Park Service operates more than 400 sites around the country as part of its mission to preserve natural and cultural...

It’s Saturday Night at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin

When visitors walk into the first-floor gallery at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center on Sept. 20, past a Gutenberg Bible and a...

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