Critters
May 29, 2023
In Wichita Falls, Airport Officials Are Waging War on Egrets
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a bird crashing into a plane!
Being Texan
Being Texan
May 24, 2023
Punching Drywall and Hanging Out With 1,500 Guys Who Share My Name at the “Gathering of the Kyles”
While the Kyle Fair’s Guinness World Record attempt fell short, it was a fun, absurd celebration of a much-maligned name.
Being Texan
May 23, 2023
Got an Unsolved Murder? Call the Cold Case Club
In Fort Worth, true crime–obsessed citizen detectives have banded together to dig up new evidence for their pet cases.
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Texas History
May 18, 2023
The Story We’ve Been Told About Juneteenth Is Wrong
The real history is much messier—and more inspiring.
Texas History
May 16, 2023
Selena and the Geto Boys Changed Texas Music at the Same Time
The Geto Boys and Selena set the stage in the early nineties for the transformation of Texas music.
The Texanist
May 16, 2023
The Texanist: What’s the Oldest Bar in Texas?
An Austin man wants to know whether Austin’s Scholz Garten or San Antonio’s Menger Bar can claim the title of oldest continually operating bar in the state.
Meanwhile in Texas
May 12, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Woman in Nacogdoches Showed a Large Possum Who’s Boss
Plus, a man and his parrot made the scene at Whataburger, and someone really, really wanted to catch a Megan Thee Stallion show.
Best Thing In Texas
May 11, 2023
We Salute Buddy Holly, Westminster’s Prizewinning Pup (and an Honorary Texan)
He's from California, but we're still proud of him and his namesake.
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Texas History
May 3, 2023
Marrying an Elephant, Adopting a Chimp: Tales From the Life of Houston’s Wildest Zookeeper
Charismatic German immigrant Hans Nagel revolutionized the Houston Zoo and kept it afloat during the Great Depression.
Being Texan
April 17, 2023
My Brother’s Ashes, the Bayou, and an Enigmatic Life
As I untangled Chris’s affairs, I discovered a trove of books, letters, and unarticulated love.
Texas History
April 14, 2023
The Glowing Letter That Brought Thousands of German Immigrants to Texas Was a Lie
Friedrich Ernst’s missive portrayed Texas as a paradise. His wife and daughter begged to differ.
By Katy Vine![Katy Vine's Profile Photo]()
Texas History
April 11, 2023
The Oil Boom That Went Bust
In the eighties, petroleum prices went through the roof, and Texans, flush with cash, went a little crazy—before it all came crashing down. Will we ever learn?
By Mimi Swartz![Mimi Swartz's Profile Photo]()
The Texanist
April 11, 2023
The Texanist: Why Do So Many Texas Women Have Men’s Names?
A New Mexico resident is puzzled by all the female Jimmies and Johnnies.
Texas History
April 10, 2023
A Writer Revisits His Search for His Grandfather’s Darkest Secrets
Author John Phillip Santos’s 2010 “Tejano elegy” explores family secrets that reveal “the deepest mysteries of being human.”
Being Texan
April 7, 2023
The Texanist’s Quiz of Texcentric Trivialities
Are you ready to test your knowledge of all things Texan?
Meanwhile in Texas
April 7, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Man Broke a Basketball Record You Didn’t Know Existed
Plus, somebody slapped an H-E-B employee and nobody opened a satanic-themed hotel in Plano.
Books
April 7, 2023
Why ‘Lonesome Dove’ Gives Me the Creeps
A nightmarish scene in Larry McMurtry’s epic novel triggered my unshakable—and completely illogical—fear of snakes.
Being Texan
April 5, 2023
Granite and Grace at Llano’s World Championship of Rock Stacking
The festival celebrates Earth, community, and the primal urge to build the tallest rock pile ever.
Critters
April 3, 2023
All the Ways Ben the Bear Is Plotting to Bust Out of the Brownsville Zoo
A serial escape artist, he’s coming to Texas after the Saint Louis Zoo couldn’t handle his wily ways.
Being Texan
April 3, 2023
What Westheimer Means to Me
The 19-mile Houston road isn't the kind of place tourists appreciate. But it's everything I love about my city.
Being Texan
March 31, 2023
Texas First: Taking Bluebonnet Photos of My Kid
I didn’t think I’d get to be a mom. Now that I am, the passage of time confounds me.
By Rose Cahalan![Rose Cahalan's Profile Photo]()
Critters
March 28, 2023
UT Scientists Discovered a Beaver Fossil and Named It After Buc-ee’s
Collected in 1941, A. buceei languished in a drawer for decades.
Being Texan
March 27, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Crowns Its Champion
In the end, it could only ever have been H-E-B.
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Being Texan
March 27, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Championship Is Here
It all comes down to this.
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Being Texan
March 24, 2023
Presenting the Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Final Four
H-E-B. Whataburger. Blue Bell. Southwest Airlines. Four iconic Texas brands remain, but only one can be crowned champion of them all.
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Business
March 23, 2023
An Elegy for Ten Late Great Texas Brands
Blockbuster, Bookstop, Furr's, and their ilk are gone but not forgotten.
Being Texan
March 23, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Is Down to Its Elite Eight
Can anything stop H-E-B? Plus: a recap of the bracket's tightest matchup yet, between Schlitterbahn and Austin City Limits.
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Being Texan
March 22, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket: Bring on the Sweet Sixteen!
Torchy’s flames out, Chili’s cools off, and Chip and Joanna Gaines get fixer-uppered—while H-E-B, Whataburger, and Dr Pepper keep rolling.
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Being Texan
March 21, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Heats Up in Round Two
The top seeds remain dominant, Mattress Mack scores an upset, and Dairy Queen faces a surprisingly tough test.
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Libations
March 20, 2023
Texas First: A Dr Pepper Loyalist Finally Tries Big Red
Mmmmm, tastes like red.
Texas History
March 20, 2023
What Is Left to Say About Waco? ‘Waco: American Apocalypse’ Doesn’t Even Try
Netflix’s new docuseries revisits the 1993 standoff between David Koresh and the federal government without any agenda—or real purpose.
Being Texan
March 20, 2023
An Ode to Mrs Baird’s, the Fluffy White Bread of My Texas Childhood
I can still smell its heavenly aroma.
By Jason Heid![Jason Heid's Profile Photo]()
Being Texan
March 20, 2023
Ford or Chevy? There Are No Two Sides in Texas’s Fiery Truck Debate
Loyalty to your chosen brand of pickup runs deep in the Lone Star State.
Being Texan
March 14, 2023
Texas Monthly Is Crowning a Winner in the Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket. Cast Your Vote!
Which of these 64 iconic Texas businesses is the most beloved? This March Madness, there’s only one way to find out—with your help.
By Dan Solomon![Dan Solomon's Profile Photo]()
The Texanist
March 14, 2023
The Texanist: What Makes a Vanity License Plate Offensive?
A Port Arthur resident wants to know what’s wrong with “BBQ*GNG” and “[email protected]”
Being Texan
March 9, 2023
At Brownsville’s Annual Grito Contest, It’s All About Yelling Your Heart Out
Every year, residents of the Texas border city compete to see who can give the best scream.
Being Texan
February 28, 2023
From Camel Herding to Blues Music to Tacos al Pastor: Finding the Middle East in Texas
I long thought they were at odds, but after a summer in Texas and a deep dive into its history, I discovered that they have been married for decades.
Texas History
February 28, 2023
This Texan Was a Master of a Curious Midcentury Art Form, the Industrial Musical
Brands once staged elaborate productions for their employees. No one was better at making them than Mexia-born Michael Brown.
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Best Thing In Texas
February 23, 2023
A Texas Professor Has Cured Hiccups, Folks
No, it doesn't involve a spoonful of sugar.
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Texas History
February 23, 2023
Inside the Decades-long Effort to Commemorate a Notorious Waco Lynching
After years of opposition and delay, Waco finally has posted a historical marker about the 1916 murder of Jesse Washington.
Texas History
February 23, 2023
How Florence Butt—Not Her Son—Launched the H-E-B Empire
It should be called F-T-B.
Being Texan
February 22, 2023
Finding Weird All Over Again in Rockport
I left homogenized Austin for the Texas Gulf Coast—and felt right at home amid the Speedo-wearing bikers and chicken feet–fed alligators.
Texas History
February 21, 2023
Pop Quiz: What Inspired the “Tex Education” Quiz?
Long before quizzes littered the internet, TM’s Anne Dingus delighted readers with a hundred-question series that doubled as a “CliffsNotes of Texas history.”
The Texanist
February 15, 2023
The Evolution of the Texanist, According to the Texanist
The magazine’s back-page columnist explains the subtle shifts in his “Fine Advice and Keen Observations,” from 2007 through today.
Being Texan
February 14, 2023
San Antonio Seems to Be Going Through It This Valentine’s Day
. . . Y’all okay?
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The Texanist
February 14, 2023
The Texanist: Did the Texas Capitol’s Pink Granite Come From Maine?
A San Antonio man is puzzled by a historical marker he encountered while visiting the Pine Tree State.
Sports
February 11, 2023
A Dallas Ad Firm Is Rebranding Jesus at the Super Bowl. But Is It Actually Offering More of the Same?
David Morring of Dallas’s Lerma is one of the creative minds behind the “He Gets Us” campaign, which targets “spiritually open skeptics.”
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
The Texanist: What Will Texas Look Like Fifty Years From Now?
Some tasty lab-grown barbecue and a Dallas Cowboys postseason appearance may be in our distant future.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
See How Texas’s Big-city Skylines Have Changed Over the Past Half Century
Why has San Antonio fallen behind Houston, Dallas, and Austin?
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Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
We’ve Always Claimed That Everything Is Bigger Here. It’s Time for Us to Prove It.
For more than fifty years, the state I call home has repeatedly surprised me. The Texas of 2023? Well, it’s got me thinking a lot about how far we have, and haven’t, come.
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