Texas Is the Main Character in Laura Griffin’s Twisty Mysteries
She weaves the state’s climate disasters, including droughts and floods, into terrifying tales.
She weaves the state’s climate disasters, including droughts and floods, into terrifying tales.
Fall foliage might be harder to come by in Texas this year, but there’s still hope for some colorful leaves.
Wildsam field guides have more in common with indie zines than with Fodor’s or Lonely Planet. Ten years in, the road less traveled is paying off.
San Antonio talk radio host Bob Webster has dispensed gardening tips on air for 31 years. A new generation is starting to listen.
A local family renovated an abandoned century-old home in their neighborhood, restoring a crown jewel in this border city. Its one of several such projects that are remaking the area into a tourist destination.
These historic properties were given new life by locals.
The tree-packed twists and turns of Northshore Trail are a magnetic draw for those looking to escape bustling suburban sprawl—without actually leaving said sprawl.
The neighborhood formerly known as a business center is now a walkable, family-friendly haven.
Texas women often feel targeted and unsafe. With "hot girl walks," they're (again) finding safety and well-being in one another.
The Grammy winner is the most famous export from Lindale, but the charming East Texas town also boasts a delightful candy shop, blackberries galore, and plenty of live music.
Clover lawns are trending as an environmentally friendly, adorable alternative to grass. The benefits are real, but one Texas expert says that’s not the point.
The affable musician turned guide is the rare fly-fisherman to reach star status within the angling world.
Volunteers spent weeks installing 28,000 solar-powered bulbs for Bruce Munro’s ‘Field of Light,’ which runs through December.
It’s not too late to plan to serve something homegrown on your holiday table—and impress your friends in the process.
Stop and smell its famous roses, yes—but this East Texas city offers more to enjoy, including a delightful dining scene.
Thousands of years after they were wiped out from the area, an obsessed wildlife ecologist has found evidence that the bucktoothed critters are beginning to recolonize.
The Hill Country town supplies cowboys—both real and temporary—with a dose of ranch life, complete with hotcakes and trail riding.
This serene Hill Country town boasts a treehouse hotel and an idyllic swimming hole.
The Huntsville penitentiary wants to tear down the abandoned warehouse where a massive bat colony spends half the year. Locals and conservationists have banded together to find an alternate solution.
They’re cute, they’re charismatic, and they’re lil’. But these “posh pets” are still a lot of work.
Jahmicah Dawes opened his idiosyncratic outdoors shop, in Stephenville, hoping to inspire people from all walks to explore natural spaces. Then a brush with viral fame changed everything.
Five years after Hurricane Harvey, the beloved beach town continues to recover and evolve. Here are some of our favorite spots.
Why a host of Texas notables, from Steve Kuhn to Brené Brown, are investing heavily in the popular sport.
Through Houston-based nonprofit Hives for Heroes, veterans trade their uniforms for bee suits, work to save pollinators, and learn mindfulness.
Learn how to attract the creatures you want and keep out the ones (ahem, deer) that you really, really don’t.
The former boomtown is home to a robust food scene, turn-of-the-century mansions, worthy museums, and natural splendor.
“Plane spotters” gather in and around airports to marvel at (and photograph) their favorite flights—and Texan spotters just got to witness the descent of the largest passenger plane in the world.
‘More City than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas’ brings together a team of writers, scholars, designers, and eyewitnesses from the front lines of climate change in a grand experiment.
The drought is taking a toll on our swimming holes, although a few favorites are still in good enough shape to help us handle the record heat.
The town, an easy back-roads drive from Austin or DFW, is both quiet and brimming with worthy new shops and eateries.
Rafael Mujica bushwhacked, scrambled, and backcountry climbed his way to an achievement he says no one else has completed.
Professional baseball teams once traveled here in search of healing waters
“It really is one of the greatest wildlife-conservation successes of our time here in Texas.”
From luxury spas to grueling drills, our state offers something for players of every persuasion.
38 ways to cool off in our state's springs, lakes, and more.
At Austin’s weekend-long floating bacchanal, it’s BYOP (as in “paddleboard”).
How to get the adventure and scenery without having to spend days in your kayak or canoe.
The swampy network of waterways straddling the Louisiana border teems with natural wonders—and more than a few secrets.
Swimming before sunrise became a necessary ritual for novelist Elizabeth McCracken during an uncertain time. And then came the strangers.
My dream of navigating through Big Bend’s stunning canyons finally came true. I just had to start a little farther downstream.
My family’s shack on an island in the world’s largest hypersaline lagoon has brought us closer to the fishing—and to one another.
When you’re floating on top of the Marriott Marquis in downtown Houston, you might have reached peak Texas.
Marco who? This is the ultimate water game.
Near Fort Stockton, Hoven Riley has been quietly growing more than 20,000 of the prized plants, which are being illicitly uprooted from public and private lands to meet a growing demand.
Inspired by an ancient Japanese tradition, it’s all about catching as many minuscule species as possible.
With Texas’s annual Free Fishing Day, you can cast your line without all the red tape. No license required!
The visually stunning new nature documentary, narrated by Matthew McConaughey, is a delight.
Our guide to this tranquil, often overlooked slice of the Hill Country.
West Hansen and his Arctic Cowboys team hope to become the first kayakers to cross the Northwest Passage.
Bob Wills fans flock each spring to the tiny Panhandle town to “dance all night, dance a little longer.”