The Texanist: Do Rural Texans Still Love Local Baseball?
A Conroe man remembers the glory days of the Ballinger Cats and his hometown Rabbit Twisters.
A Conroe man remembers the glory days of the Ballinger Cats and his hometown Rabbit Twisters.
Long wait times for driver’s licenses can be frustrating, but there are ways to work within the system (including—shh!—under-the-radar offices with no waits).
An investigation into Big D's lack of a big, dusty to-do.
More than three thousand people were locked up in the South Texas camp, which closed 76 years ago today. Internees and descendants have joined forces with community members to honor their shared history.
A brief and highly selective look at what just happened, from a man who really hated his mom’s spaghetti to a Walmart shopper looking for really low prices.
More than six decades ago, an unseen figure perched in a Corpus Christi tree posed a question that still has no answer.
When the sun is high in the Texas sky, Derek Spence be playing King George's songs at a county fair—or somewhere.
The team from Del Rio went on to win the Texas high school golf championship in 1957—and soon will see its story told in movie theaters around the country.
Q: I went to two schools named after presumably notable Texans: James S. Deady Middle School and Charles H. Milby High School. Who were these people?Rick, via emailA: The Lone Star State brims with institutions of public education whose facades are emblazoned with names that are instantly familiar to anyone
All hail Queen Citrianna and the Duchess of Ruby Red, who ride atop floats adorned with hundreds of slices of fresh fruit.
Once a national craze, ninepin bowling is now practiced in just eighteen Texas clubs, where a vibrant cast of characters keep the sport alive.
Mail your card to this tiny West Texas post office, and its sole employee will hand-cancel it with a charming postmark (for free).
'Everyone wants a T. Rex,’ says Casandra Sowards, lead sculptor at Allen's Billings Productions, a leading maker of animatronic dinosaurs.
Q: A lifelong dream of mine was to go ranching and horseback riding in the U.S., and finally last year my best friend, Maxinne, and I visited Nashville, Memphis, and New Orleans and had the time of our lives, so in February we’re doing it again. This time, Texas: horses, country
Think lots and lots of cowboy hats.
Two years ago Texas Monthly published a story about a group of young men growing up fatherless in East Austin. In October, one of them was killed.
His family fought back—and made a lasting impact on the fight for Mexican American rights.
We took a pop-up phone booth across the state and collected voicemails about what makes Texas special, then turned those responses into an animated video.
Joel R. Poinsett, the first American minister to Mexico, was supposed to help the U.S. buy Texas. He meddled in local politics instead.
A Brenham man wonders why, in contravention of common custom, those Stetsons never seem to get doffed.
It fetched $705,000, topping the list of about 165 items from Ted Lusher's Texana collection.
An original broadsheet announcing the fall of the Alamo, the first book published in Texas, and other stuff that Phil Collins will probably buy.
When the internet is saturated with fake videos and doctored photos, what’s a wood ape enthusiast to do?
Roughly the weight of a standard schnauzer, the plant-eating dino roamed North Texas 96 million years ago.
Hunters in Texas kill a lot of white-tailed deer each year. What would happen if they didn’t kill any at all?
Adeeb Barqawi founded the nonprofit ProUnitas, which helps connect social, health, and education services with the students who need them most.
With governments increasingly incapable of addressing everything from homelessness to veterans’ needs, ordinary Texans are stepping into the breach.
The Other Ones Foundation, led by Chris Baker, transformed a state-run encampment site for Austinites experiencing homelessness into a welcoming refuge.
San Antonio’s Leon and Leticia McNeil have introduced generations of Black and Latino youth to the outdoors through their nonprofit, City Kids Adventures.
Lone Star State residents found ways big and small to lend each other a helping hand.
Whether helping prevent military suicides or reversing a childcare desert, these Texans are finding creative solutions to big problems.
Teaching kids how to play soccer made me a better person. So why don’t more Texans volunteer?
Noah Faulkner’s popular twangy covers countrify songs by Duran Duran, Joy Division, U2, and more.
A viral video of Austin’s Kayleigh Williamson completing the New York City Marathon last weekend inspired athletes from coast to coast.
Plus, a cocktail that carnivores can get behind and a pig you’ll get way behind, if you know what’s good for you.
Deacon Jeff Willard blesses seafarers with everything from prayers to rides around Galveston Island to cherry cigarillos.
Just southeast of San Antonio, a rare European American dialect may be dying, or already dead. That’s a shame. Or is it?
In lieu of fall foliage and chilly weather, at least we get to turn back the clocks.
A Texan exiled in Arkansas is baffled by the misnaming of this beloved, meaty treat on a stick.
It’s about the violence that white settlers wrought upon the West—and the path to redemption.
Plus, a harrowing vehicular encounter with a spear and a harrowing vehicular encounter with a cornfield.
The famously powerful dreadnought was hailed by Hemingway and played a key role in several famous battles.
Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum offers an insightful exhibit on the 1960s lunch counter protests that helped desegregate Texas.
Beans in chili, the Houston Oilers, and mutton busting: test your knowledge of all things Texan.
Set to open this spring, CoHousing Houston is almost sold out. Its founders hope to build a community where Texans feel supported by their neighbors.
The State Fair kicks off today. We celebrated by checking in with the big man himself.
It took her almost four years.
Trick-shot professionals could practice a shot like this for years and never land it as cleanly as the Gordon Longhorns kicker.
The newly renovated Texas Science and Natural History Museum (formerly the Texas Memorial Museum) opens September 23.
It sounds extreme, but so is our weather.