Texas Beaches Are Awash In Baby Dolls, Messages in a Bottle, and Other Oddities
An excessive amount of trash—or treasure, for some people—has been known to wash up on Texas beaches. But ... Read More »
In New Braunfels, The Redbird Listening Room Caters to Songwriters—and Song Listeners
With people once again flocking to live music venues after COVID put a temporary halt to live events, The ... Read More »
Up For Sale, the Old Spanish Trail Restaurant in Bandera Serves Up Cowboy History
The Old Spanish Trail in Bandera, one of the oldest continuously operating restaurants in Texas, is on the ... Read More »
What’s That Smell? San Antonio Zoo’s Corpse Flower Is Ready To Bloom
The words “corpse” and “flower” are not commonly associated with one another, but the distinctive stench of the ... Read More »
After Three Years, the Grass House at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site Returns
In April 2019, a devastating tornado swept through Caddo Mounds State Historic Site and the neighboring town ... Read More »
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Offers Interactive and Educational Experiences
On a Saturday in January, at a free traditional performance in the sunny courtyard of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo ... Read More »
History and Ghost Stories Abound at Barber’s—Texas’ Oldest Indie Bookstore
When Bert and Alice Barber opened their downtown Fort Worth bookstore in 1925, they were just two high school ... Read More »
From Bluebonnets to Pecans to 42? Texas Can’t Get Enough of Its State Symbols
Since 1901, when the bluebonnet was designated the official state flower, Texans have loved designating very ... Read More »
A Century of Recorded Country Music Started With Texas Fiddler Eck Robertson
His tombstone is inscribed with “World’s Champion Fiddler,” as his virtuosity dominated contests in North Texas ... Read More »
The History and Science Behind Bois d’Arc Lake
Like any birth, the creation of a new lake is both painful and miraculous. Over the past year, I observed the ... Read More »
Return to the River
It’s fitting that former Texas Highways managing editor Wes Ferguson’s return to our pages is for our annual ... Read More »
Rinsing Wagons in the San Antonio River
Though small by Texas standards, the San Antonio River has played an outsized role in the state’s history. ... Read More »
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