Performance Plus in Odessa is an auto shop that doubles as an archive of the toys of yesteryear.
Things are not quite what they seem inside Performance Plus, an unassuming muffler shop in Odessa. Along with getting an entire exhaust system overhaul, you can browse rooms piled high with vintage action figures, model cars, and memorabilia.
In a video interview, Ethan Wayne, the film star’s son, explains how an exhibit at the Fort Worth Stockyards began with a storage unit full of his dad’s untold stories.
Inside his father’s old service station, Isaac Arellano puts in long hours at his restaurant, Pitforks and Smokerings, to keep the flame alive.
Seeing a need in the community, Willa Johnson started Feeding Kids Right, a mobile meal delivery service in Athens.
Chris DuCharme is self-taught, armed with a telephoto lens and words of encouragement from his late wife.
The Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College has grown into a nationally recognized collection specializing Civil War history.
Robert Lane took over City Shoe Shop in Palestine after his father’s death.
A museum in San Felipe, 40 miles west of Houston, commemorates the unique history behind Stephen F. Austin’s founding colony.
Roel Flores’s folk art paintings are poignant and colorful, and his work is part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection.
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