11 Classic Comfort Food Recipes to Cook at Home
As COVID-19 keeps Texans at home, there’s never been a better time to cook up comfort food. Expand your recipe repertoire with these hits from the Texas Highways archives. Read More »
My Favorite Texas Trip: Two Couples Blaze Through Big Bend Country
In the fall of 2018, my wife, Eileen, and I invited two friends to the outer reaches of West Texas for our annual couples’ trip. Our pals, Terry and Anne Marie, live in Philadelphia—I came to know Terry when we were roommates at the University of Virginia in the 1960s. While Terry spent some of his high school years in Houston, it had been many years since he’d returned to Texas. While Eileen and I had been to Big Bend twice before (and to other parts of West Texas too many times to count), Terry and Anne Marie had never been. Read More »
Small-Town Dispatches: How Two Texas Small Towns Are Taking Care of Their Communities During the COVID-19 Crisis
Photo: Michael Amador Bandera It’s unusually quiet in Bandera, known as the Cowboy Capital of the World. The ... Read More »
Take a Virtual Tour of These 5 Texas Museums
Without a doubt, COVID-19’s impact can be felt in every industry, from hospitality and dining to beloved sources of enlightenment like museums. Fortunately, many museums and art galleries in the state—and around the world—are showcasing their renowned collections online. If you’ve always wanted to visit Texas’ best-known institutions, this is your opportunity to experience them from the comfort of your own home. Here are five top-notch museums you can “visit” today. Read More »
Nature Beckons, But Officials Urge Restraint When it Comes to Visiting Texas Parks
As of 5 p.m. on April 7, all Texas State Parks are closed to the public at the direction of Gov. Greg ... Read More »
The Daytripper Strikes Black Gold in Midland
Over the years, the West Texas town of Midland has been called many names. It got its actual name because of the ... Read More »
Celebrate Texas’ Spirit with a Coonskin Cap at Presidio La Bahia
In his 1900 memoir, The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days, Noah Smithwick—a fighter in the ... Read More »
What the Heck is Pepper Steak?
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Kendall County Proves Parts of the Hill Country Are Still Wild
Kendall County—about 50 miles northwest of San Antonio—is growing fast, thanks to urban sprawl. Luckily, it’s ... Read More »
San Antonio Artist Kathleen Trenchard Creates Memorable Papel Picado Art
Kathleen Trenchard sits at her desk inside a sunlit studio in San Antonio, turning a piece of tissue paper into ... Read More »
Find Dominos, Fiddles, Catfish, and Kolaches in Hallettsville
Kenneth Henneke is the kind of guy who greets visitors to the Hallettsville Knights of Columbus Hall with a slice ... Read More »
In Search of Pioneering Astronomer Alice Farnsworth at the McDonald Observatory
I’m a quixotic traveler, more drawn to a new place when I’ve been beguiled ahead of time by a story about my ... Read More »
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