Texas has over 80 state parks and two national parks, and the range of camping — from Panhandle canyon rims to East Texas bayous — is unlike anywhere else in the country. Here are five spots that represent the best of it.
Read the story →A Galveston-based writer on why European camper vans keep showing up on Texas beaches, with a route from the Gulf Coast through the Hill Country to Big Bend.
Don't do anything tooooo crazy on the 250th birthday of the USA! 😍
The Texas horned lizard is trending after a possible first wild-born hatchling discovery in Blanco County. Here's the "horny toad" comeback story behind the search spike.
Congressman Troy Nehls brushed off a question about affordability with a Fourth of July menu of lobster tails and rib-eyes — then told paycheck-to-paycheck Americans they might just not work as hard as he does.
Texas finally let you buy beer before noon on Sunday in 2021 — but the state's complicated relationship with alcohol goes all the way back to the Republic. Here's the full timeline, from saloon bans to House Bill 1518.
The name says Texas. The logo has a cowboy hat over a state outline. The whole vibe screams Lone Star. Texas Roadhouse was born in Indiana, incorporated in Kentucky, and didn't open a single location in Texas until five years after it launched.
