A special issue celebrating the call of the open road.

Rare books, blueberry pie, a faith healer's shrine—and one deep hole.

Cypress swamps, Tex Ritter memorabilia—and a spot that spooked Spielberg.

Vintage jukeboxes, puffed tacos, a deserted village—and a vision of Tom Landry.

Huge apple pies, a Japanese submarine, handmade soaps—and a dressed flea.

African Masks, two old steam locomotives, Lady Bird's childhood home-and miniature donkeys.

Snow geese, the Big Tree, sandy beaches— and one gigantic chemical plant.

An old opera house, Judge Roy Bean's grave, ancient pictographs—and a drug blimp.

Black-chinned hummingbirds, rusting tractors, chuckwagon breakfasts— and a restored brothel.

Grain elevators, road coffee, the "town " of Amarillo—and a cowboy named bronc.

A secret garden, a drive-through feedstore, presidential papers, tasty pinto beans—and a Picasso.

Dennis Quaid, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dick DeGuerin, and other big wheels tell all.

At Houston's FotoFest 2002, digital art took center stage as never before-and proved that the Next Big Thing might really be the next big thing.

Master of the Senate, Robert Caro's third volume on the life of Lyndon Johnson, is an exhaustive study of power, persuasion, and private parts.

Farewell to an Aggie prez.

Why Grand Prarie's Bobby Patterson of KKDA-AM is my favorite deejay in Texas.

Texans turn to Dairy Queen for more than just Hungr-Busters, Steak Finger Country Baskets, and Blizzards. They also come for a taste of days gone by.

After a conservative think tank used its clout to help scuttle a science textbook, some Republicans declared victory. The rest declared war.

Climbing a new branch of the family tree.

Cat Osterman turns on the heat.

John Spong surveys the remaking—or is it the unmaking?—of Lajitas.

Five easy ways to plot your life as a writer.