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Stay in Chip and Joanna Gaines’s Fixer Upper Houses
Now is the time to visit Waco, so book one of these vacation rentals that was renovated on the popular HGTV show.
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Guess Family Barbecue
Waco's weekend brisket and slaw fix.
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“Disgraced”: The Story Of The Other Baylor Scandal
What a 2003 basketball scandal can tell us about sports culture at Baylor.
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Honky Tonk Kid BBQ
Texas ‘cue with a global twist.
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I Say DeMaria, You Say DiMaria
In 1891, the S.S. Utopia departed Italy, headed for America. The ship, carrying 880 passengers, many of them Italian immigrants who boarded the Utopia in Naples or Palermo, was sailing through the port of Gibraltar when it struck another vessel. The hole created by the collision sunk the Utopia in just twenty minutes, and 562 passengers died. It was a tragedy …
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Smoked in Texas: Gut Pak at Vitek’s
The Gut Pak is to Waco what rings of smoked sausage are to Lockhart. It’s part of the city’s barbecue identity. A Gut Pak is smoked sausage, barbecue, beans, and cheese, and a few other items piled high atop a mess of Fritos, making this the huskier cousin of a Frito pie. Sometime in the eighties, third-generation owner …
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2017 Travel Inspiration
Looking back on last year's best stories to plan this year's wanderings.
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Taylor Kitsch Is Going To Play Branch Davidian Leader David Koresh In a New TV Miniseries
We haven’t even begun to reach peak nineties nostalgia, but this is quite an announcement.
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Red Wagon BBQ
Pure, savory flavors, organic ingredients, and the best brisket in Waco.
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The Murders at the Lake
In 1982 three teenagers were killed near the shores of Lake Waco in a seemingly inexplicable crime. More than three decades later, the tragic and disturbing case still casts a long, dark shadow.