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Think You Dug Up a Priceless Artifact? Find Out During Texas Archeology Month.

Think You Dug Up a Priceless Artifact? Find Out During Texas Archeology Month.

For archeologists, “buried treasure” includes pottery fragments, bones, and sharpened stones. During Texas ... Read More »

Pick Gourd-geous Pumpkins at These Texas Patches

Pick Gourd-geous Pumpkins at These Texas Patches

Gourd Vibes The Panhandle town of Floydada grows the majority of the state’s pumpkins By Mary HuberEvery October, ... Read More »

Inside the Neon World of Meow Wolf Grapevine

Inside the Neon World of Meow Wolf Grapevine

Nothing is as it seems under the multicolored neon lights at Meow Wolf Grapevine, the long-awaited immersive art ... Read More »

Brazos Bend State Park Provides Family-Friendly Adventure

Brazos Bend State Park Provides Family-Friendly Adventure

On a rainy afternoon in December, our family set up camp in a soggy spot near a flooded campsite at Brazos Bend ... Read More »

8 Overnight Adventures to Do with Kids this Summer

8 Overnight Adventures to Do with Kids this Summer

Most Texas schools have been out for a few weeks, which means kids are likely already bored and parents are ... Read More »

Weekend Getaways from El Paso: Van Horn and Sanderson

Weekend Getaways from El Paso: Van Horn and Sanderson

For the Adventurer Van Horn Miles from El Paso: 121 Photos by Christ Chavez In recent years, the frontier-like ... Read More »

Weekend Getaways from Dallas: Weatherford and Coleman

Weekend Getaways from Dallas: Weatherford and Coleman

For the Outdoorsy Family weatherford Miles from Dallas: 60 Photos by Sean Fitzgerald Named by the state ... Read More »

Meet Comfort Tysen, the Texas State Capitol’s Longest-Serving Tour Guide

Meet Comfort Tysen, the Texas State Capitol’s Longest-Serving Tour Guide

When Comfort Tysen gives a tour, she puts her whole body into the job. On some days, the longest-serving guide ... Read More »

A Hotel Haunted by a Ghost Cat and Other Spooky Tales in New Braunfels

A Hotel Haunted by a Ghost Cat and Other Spooky Tales in New Braunfels

Just as we were leaving the restaurant on the outskirts of New Braunfels, we saw a black sky turn purple and ... Read More »

The Houston Zoo’s New Galápagos Islands Exhibit Enchants and Educates

The Houston Zoo’s New Galápagos Islands Exhibit Enchants and Educates

In 2018, the Houston Zoo announced an ambitious capital campaign to revitalize the sought-after Texas ... Read More »

How Texans Reconnect Children With the State’s Natural Wonders

How Texans Reconnect Children With the State’s Natural Wonders

Texas offers a wealth of opportunities for kids to put down their screens and dial in to nature Read More »

Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

Inside a sofa-size aquarium, a black-and-white striped sheepshead and a small school of shiny Gulf menhaden ... Read More »

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