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Dance-Hall Days
So you have company coming to town, and they want to experience a real-life, authentic, Texan dance hall. Or let's…
Go. See. Do! A Top 30 List for Texas Travelers
Whether you’re a frequent visitor to our fair state, or lucky enough to live here, have we got a traveler’s…
Gettin’ Down ’n’ Gritty: Texas Sandcastle Festivals
Giant fingers reach upward from the sand toward a lad cowering among beanstalk leaves eight feet up in the air.…
Bouquets for the Years: 30 Wildflowers
In celebrating our 30th anniversary, Texas Highways has chosen 30 of Texas’ most common wildflowers to identify and celebrate, along…
Fingerless Fiddler
Some Texans love making music so much that no obstacle proves too great to overcome. Roy Thackerson, "The Fingerless Fiddler,"…
Texas Lights Up for the Holidays! Luminous Landmarks
Amazing, isn’t it, how lights add excitement and festive flair to holiday celebrations? From the flicker of Hanukkah candles to…
Remember the Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts
Texans have remembered the Alamo in many ways. Probably the most visible way has been by replicating its storied façade…
Canoeing the Big Thicket
In the early afternoon of a hot autumn day, I launch my canoe on the Big Thicket Corridor of the…
Autumn in Port Aransas
Every fall for almost four decades, my grandfather and grandmother made the long trek from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Port Aransas,…
Big Bend Country: Alpine—A World Apart
As you roll west on US 90 between Marathon and Alpine, the Big Bend tableau swallows you up in its…
Funny Cars: Mobile Madness at Houston’s Art Car Parade
A giant, high-heeled shoe—shiny, cherry red, and big enough to crae the foot of an Olympian goddess—glides past the towering…
Picture-Perfect Greetings from Jefferson
If ever there existed a magical winter haven sprung from the misty colors of a tinted Victorian photo, Jefferson—just 20…