Travel & Outdoors
March 24, 2026
A Magical Stained Glass Museum Glows in a South Texas Town
When a San Juan doctor’s collection outgrew his garage, he opened a museum.
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Travel & Outdoors
March 2, 2026
The 64-Foot Water Wall That Inspires a Thousand Selfies
A shimmery, towering fountain provides a thoughtful complement to the Galleria, Houston’s temple of excess.
Travel & Outdoors
January 29, 2026
Queens of the Oil Age
In the 1930s, more than a thousand oil derricks stood within Kilgore’s city limits.
Art
December 24, 2025
When Africanized Bees Moved to Hidalgo, Someone Had a Killer Idea
Outside city hall, a monument to the apian invaders draws visitors like bees to honey.
Art
November 27, 2025
Wide Open Skyspaces
For more than a decade, the cylindrical observatory at UT-Austin has offered the chance to see the heavens in a new light.
Art
October 26, 2025
All That Glitters Is Not Gold Out in West Texas. Sometimes It’s Aluminum.
Rising from the sun-blasted desert, Matthew Gray’s spiky sculptures are both incongruous and right at home.
Art
September 2, 2025
Go Deep in Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
The architecturally striking space used to hold millions of gallons of water. Now it hosts light shows, live music, and art exhibits.
Style & Design
July 31, 2025
Nature Calls at This Award-Winning Rest Stop on I-10
With its walking trails, shaded seating areas, and friendly staff, the Pecos County rest area may be the best in the West.
Travel & Outdoors
March 25, 2025
The Leaning Tower of . . . Texas?
Forty-five miles (and ten crucial degrees) east of Amarillo, a deliberately tilted water tower is a Panhandle oddity worth stopping for.
Travel & Outdoors
February 25, 2025
What Will You Find in a 343-Year-Old Mission Dedicated to the Saint of Lost Things?
The Ysleta Mission, in El Paso, is one of the oldest in Texas.
Travel & Outdoors
January 29, 2025
Texas’s Other Other Stonehenge
Not to rock your world or anything, but there’s an almost exact replica of Stonehenge in Odessa, on the UT Permian Basin campus.
Travel & Outdoors
December 10, 2024
Where to Find Serenity in a Houston Suburb
The gardens and temple at Sugar Land's Vietnam Buddhist Center offer both inner and outer peace.
Travel & Outdoors
November 19, 2024
This Church on the Beach Is a True Vision
Built 86 years ago, the tiny Chapel on the Dunes, in Port Aransas, features dreamlike frescoes inside.
Film & TV
October 22, 2024
Kevin Costner Was Here: Why This West Texas Rock Is Worth a Stop
Almost forty years after it starred in the cult classic ‘Fandango,’ the boulder known as Dom Rock still draws pilgrims.
Travel & Outdoors
September 13, 2024
This Spooky Cabin in Caddo Lake Is a House Worth Haunting
One thing we know for sure about the mysterious Dick and Charlie's Tea Room, near the tiny Texas town of Uncertain: It's creepy and cool.
Travel & Outdoors
August 14, 2024
The Terlingua Ranch Lodge Pool Is Not a Mirage
Seek sweet relief from the heat at this rectangular oasis near Big Bend National Park.
Travel & Outdoors
July 17, 2024
A Piece of WWI History Rests By a Resort Pool in Dallas
Billionaire Harlan Crow's Hilton Anatole is home to a propeller from the RMS Lusitania, whose sinking helped lead to the U.S. joining the war.
Travel & Outdoors
May 14, 2024
The UT Turtle Pond Offers Quiet Reflection in the Middle of Campus
Life really slows down here.
Travel & Outdoors
April 22, 2024
How a Bhutanese Temple Found a Home on the Border
The remote Himalayan kingdom and the University of Texas at El Paso share a special relationship, thanks to the campus's architectural design more than a century ago.
Travel & Outdoors
March 12, 2024
From Here You Can Take In the Splendor of West Texas
A rustic bench in Davis Mountains State Park beckons hikers to sit for a spell.
Travel & Outdoors
February 15, 2024
This Park Boasts the Best Views of Houston’s Skyline
Up on the roof of the old Barbara Jordan Post Office, the five-acre Post Skylawn offers an outdoor respite that’s literally above it all.
Travel & Outdoors
January 18, 2024
A Fern Fairyland Enchants Hikers in the Unlikeliest of Places
A cool, green oasis delights visitors who venture off the trail at Caprock Canyons State Park, in the Panhandle.
Travel & Outdoors
December 13, 2023
Don’t Miss the State’s Highest Highway Bridge
The Pecos River bridge offers spectacular views, especially from the overlook.
Travel & Outdoors
November 13, 2023
The Sand Dunes of South Padre Island Have a Mind of Their Own
Drive up State Park Road 100 long enough and the beach comes to meet you.
Style & Design
October 16, 2023
Houston’s Lesser-known Chapel by Philip Johnson Is a Golden Wonder
Just a few minutes from the celebrated Rothko Chapel, the Chapel of St. Basil provides a spiritual respite.
Travel & Outdoors
September 11, 2023
The West Texas Desert’s Impossible Garden
The explosion of color found at the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute is not a mirage.