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Fall Migration Brings Billions of Birds to Texas

With cooler temperatures and more than 400 species moving south, Texas is a paradise for birding in the autumn months

By Joe Nick Patoski

Nature

McAllen’s World-Class Birding Center Bets Big on South Texas’ Future

After a $59 million renovation, the McAllen sanctuary has doubled in size and hosts a new educational center

By Laura Mallonee

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Film & TV

Reel Texas: ‘Terms of Endearment’ Shows Another Side of McMurtry’s Texas

The 1983 tragicomedy swept up at the Academy Awards for its depiction of lost love, illness, and everlasting familial bonds in Houston

By Brian D. Sweany

Two women sit on the porch of a large white home in a modernized rustic ranch style. Its grassy front yard features multiple medium-sized trees.

Road Trips

A Hill Country Getaway in Dripping Springs

Wine and recline by the emerald-green swimming hole in Texas’ Wedding Capital

By Piper Guinn

Wildlife

Fall Migration Brings Billions of Birds to Texas

By Joe Nick Patoski

August 28, 2026

Nature

McAllen’s World-Class Birding Center Bets Big on South Texas’ Future

By Laura Mallonee

August 28, 2026

Film & TV

Reel Texas: ‘Terms of Endearment’ Shows Another Side of McMurtry’s Texas

By Brian D. Sweany

August 25, 2026

Road Trips

A Hill Country Getaway in Dripping Springs

By Piper Guinn

August 21, 2026

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History

Inside the Oldest Remaining Carnegie Library in Texas

By Sarah Thurmond

August 27, 2026

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Open Road

A Jaded Native Texan Falls in Love With Home Again

By Sarah Damoff

August 24, 2026

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Sports

The Kilgore Rangerette Museum Honors America’s First Drill Team

By Allie Tribe

August 20, 2026

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Nature

Millions of Hummingbirds Are About to Arrive in Texas

By Benjamin Diaz

August 19, 2026

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Desserts

Don’t Miss the Sweet Treats at These Texas Barbecue Joints

By Amanda Albee

August 18, 2026

Barbecue

Top Pitmaster Evan LeRoy Considers the Future of Barbecue

By Evan LeRoy

August 18, 2026

Barbecue

Texas Sausages Have Gone Global

By Robert F. Moss

August 18, 2026

Barbecue

The Family Tree of Texas Barbecue

By Amanda Albee and Veronica Meewes

August 18, 2026

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Texas State Travel Guide

Browse thousands of attractions across the state to plan your next Texas adventure

Piney Woods

Popular Cities

Tyler, Longview, Marshall, Rusk, Palestine, Lufkin, Huntsville, Nacogdoches, Texarkana, Mount Pleasant

Popular Attractions

Texas State Railroad, Caddo Lake State Park, Caddo Mounds Historic Site, Tyler Municipal Rose Garden

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Prairies & Lakes

Popular Cities

Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, College Station

Popular Attractions

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth Stockyards, Six Flags Over Texas, Magnolia Market at the Silos, Grapevine Wine Tours, Dinosaur Valley State Park

Gulf Coast

Popular Cities

Houston, Corpus Christi, Beaumont, Baytown, Bay City, Port Aransas, Rockport, Port Lavaca, Galveston, South Padre Island

Popular Attractions

Padre Island National Seashore, The Strand in Galveston, Space Center Houston, Selena Museum, King Ranch

A view of the Rio Grande from Roma Bluffs

South Texas Plains

Popular Cities

San Antonio, Laredo, McAllen, Eagle Pass, Goliad

Popular Attractions

San Antonio River Walk, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Goliad State Park & Historic Site, Natural Bridge Caverns, The Alamo

A historic courthouse in Brady with a Texas flag flying

Hill Country

Popular Cities

Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, Gruene, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Marble Falls, Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Uvalde

Popular Attractions

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas State Capitol, Circuit of the Americas, Luckenbach, Fredericksburg wineries, Hamilton Pool Preserve, Krause Springs, Schlitterbahn Waterpark

Panhandle Plains

Popular Cities

Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, Wichita Falls, Dalhard, Canadian, Palo Duro Canyon, Muleshoe, San Angelo

Popular Attractions

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Cadillac Ranch, Buddy Holly Center, Wichita Falls Railroad Museum, Crazy Water Bath House

Grassy bluffs of the Rio Conchos in the Big Bend region

Big Bend Country

Popular Cities

Midland, Odessa, El Paso, Monahans, Fort Stockton, Alpine/Fort Davis, Marfa, Terlingua, Del Rio, Ozona , Sonora

Popular Attractions

Big Bend National Park, El Paso Mission Trail, San Elizario Historic District, McDonald Observatory

Culture

A group of longhorns are herded through a pasture by 6 cowboys behind them.

History

Texas Cattle’s Unexpected Role in the American Revolution

By Molly Tompkins

August 11, 2026

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Road Trips

Hico’s Resident Rodeo Clown Is a Barrel of Fun

By Steve Uhler

August 10, 2026

People in red and blue outfits dance beneath a large Texas flag in a large dance hall

Culture

The Official State Folk Dance Is Alive and Well in Waco

By Sean Cronen

August 7, 2026

A wide-angle photograph of James Magee's The Hill, a large-scale art installation featuring four stone buildings in a cross shape on desert land against a bright blue sky.

Art

The Doors Open on The Hill of James Magee

By Chi Pham

August 5, 2026

A red retro RV with a label that reads "Happy Max" located inside a large facility

History

The Golden Era of Travel Lives On at This RV Museum in Amarillo

By Jason Boyett

August 4, 2026

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Sports

Nolan Ryan Still Brings the Heat—In Baseball and Business

By Bryan C. Parker

July 30, 2026

Two duotone silkscreen paintings held by the Menil Collection that portray the same image of Jermayne Macagy holding a cigarette, in green/purple and red/blue color schemes.

Art

The Warhol Woman Who Taught Houston ‘How to Make an Exhibition’

By Chi Pham

July 28, 2026

Museums

Step into the Birthplace of Texas 4-H at the Jack County Museum

By Allie Tribe

July 27, 2026

A white hatchback vehicle with cameras on the top and sides attached drives down a street with a fuzzy background of an old Capitol building and streetlight

Culture

A Stick-Shift Evangelist Gives Waymo a Chance

By Rose McMackin

July 27, 2026

A man in a blue button down shirt and a cowboy hat holds a thumbs up inside a dance hall with a sign in the background that reads "Church of Western Swing"

Music

Bob Wills Day Keeps the Famous Texas Bandleader’s Legacy Alive

By Lauren Hough

July 22, 2026

Outdoors

A man in a green shirt and white baseball cap sits next to a laughing woman in a white dress in front of a giant Cool Crest Miniature Golf sign painted on a wall.

Recreation

Cool Crest Miniature Golf Has Been a San Antonio Staple for Nearly a Century

By Allie Tribe

August 14, 2026

Nature

Watersong Wild Space Is an Unexpected Oasis in Midland

By Julia Jones

August 13, 2026

Wildlife

The Iconic Wild Critters Found ’Round the State

By Asher Elbein

August 5, 2026

A large dirt and gravel pit surrounded by grass and trees with adults and children in the pit searching for fossils.

Outdoors

Take Home a Prehistoric Souvenir from Mineral Wells Fossil Park

By Allie Tribe

July 31, 2026

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Nature

Palmetto State Park in the Summer Is a Runner’s Delight

By Pam LeBlanc

July 23, 2026

How to Texas

Pitch Your Tent on a Texas Beach

By Sean Cronen

July 21, 2026

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Recreation

Meet the Surfing Dogs of Port Aransas

By Mandy Shelton

July 10, 2026

A man measures a fish placed atop a long ruler on a tabletop as a few people in the same T-shirts and a man in a gray hoodie stand around him and watch.

Fishing

Texas’ Oldest Fishing Tournament Turns 90

By Wendi Aarons

July 9, 2026

Five prairie dog pups on a pile of dirt surrounded by green grass

Wildlife

The Best New Digs in Fort Worth Are at Prairie Dog Town

By Kaley Johnson

July 8, 2026

A swimming hole with four people in the water, surrounded by rocks and trees with bright green leaves

Outdoors

The State of Hill Country Swimming Holes Amid a Wet Texas Summer

By Ian Dille

July 6, 2026

Food + Drink

Barbecue

The New School of Texas Barbecue

August 18, 2026

A small blue and orange airplane in front of a stone municipal airport with the word Stinson visible on the control tower

Dining

A Popular San Antonio Cafe Lives Inside One of the Country’s Oldest Airports

By Erica Cheng

August 6, 2026

An illustrated open-air bar with a sign that reads "West Alabama Ice House" with an American and Texas flag on either side of the sign.

Drinks

Texas Icehouses Are a Timeless Comfort

By Alison Cook

July 29, 2026

Four side-by-side illustrations of various dishes: enchiladas, a spherical kolache, crawfish and sausage, and a beef pho kolache.

Dining

Texas Kolaches Get a Global Glow-Up

By Daniel Modlin

July 28, 2026

Two filled trays of cafeteria food, with a hand holding a fork over the leftmost one.

Dining

The Houston Eatery Keeping Southern Cafeteria Culture Alive

By Amanda Albee

July 17, 2026

Culture

35 True Texas Classics to Add to Your Next Road Trip

July 7, 2026

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Bites

Texas Tech’s Red Raider Meats Has Steak Down to a Science

By Amy McCarthy

June 26, 2026

A man with a white beard and a baseball cap on holds a big bundle of green sugarcane on his shoulder

Bites

Nia Cane Puts the Sugar in Sugar Land

By Rebecca Deurlein

June 24, 2026

Fall Migration Brings Billions of Birds to Texas

With cooler temperatures and more than 400 species moving south, Texas is a paradise for birding in the autumn months

McAllen’s World-Class Birding Center Bets Big on South Texas’ Future

After a $59 million renovation, the McAllen sanctuary has doubled in size and hosts a new educational center

Reel Texas: ‘Terms of Endearment’ Shows Another Side of McMurtry’s Texas

The 1983 tragicomedy swept up at the Academy Awards for its depiction of lost love, illness, and everlasting familial bonds in Houston

A Hill Country Getaway in Dripping Springs

Wine and recline by the emerald-green swimming hole in Texas’ Wedding Capital

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