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1 month ago | 
texashighways.com | Joe Nick Patoski |Danielle Lopez
Austin Music is A Scene Not a Sound is one of the clunkiest book titles I’ve come across in quite a while. But after reading Michael Corcoran’s 150-year history of Austin music, the title makes perfect sense. Music has always been a participatory exchange between performer and audience when you think about it, even if the communication goes no further than the sound of hands clapping.
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1 month ago | 
texashighways.com | Asher Elbein |Danielle Lopez
In March 2024, Deb Manley—a volunteer walking the rugged backcountry of Big Bend National Park after a recent rain—noticed tiny, strange flowers among the limestone scree. The little plants clung to the dirt like tufts of dryer lint, with minuscule flowers and a pair of long, maroon petals that stuck up like devil’s horns. Fascinated, Manley uploaded pictures onto iNaturalist, a community biodiversity site.
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1 month ago | 
texashighways.com | Chet Garner |Danielle Lopez
I get it. You’re rocketing down Interstate 35 with places to go and people to see. You don’t have time to stop and explore this historic town with over 93,000 residents that’s bustling with new and exciting developments. You can see everything in Temple from the highway and that’s all there is to it, right? Not exactly. And those who make time to take an exit will be treated to an educational and delicious foray into one of Texas’ hidden highway gems.
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2 months ago | 
texashighways.com | Danielle Lopez |Tyson Bird |Sarah Thurmond |Art Williams
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2 months ago | 
texashighways.com | Joe Nick Patoski |Danielle Lopez
Since retiring to San Antonio after 47 years as a radio news broadcaster in Central Texas, Ed Mayberry has been the Old Man With the Camera, exploring his new hometown and posting images of his adventures on Facebook. “I love the culture, I love the architecture, I love the missions, I love the artistic scene,” he says. He’s become especially taken with the mural scene—various expressions of art painted on cement, brick, asphalt and other available surfaces.
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2 months ago | 
texashighways.com | Amanda Albee |Danielle Lopez
In a town with 10 colleges and roughly twice as many independent coffee shops, Waco’s Street Dog Cafe is fetching up regulars with its mission: to rescue and rehome stray dogs. “People, especially in Waco, love to have a mission—that includes what they’re eating and drinking,” says owner Danielle Young, who opened the café in 2023 on Waco’s quiet Elm Avenue, where some of the city’s oldest structures are being remodeled into breweries, coffee shops, and restaurants.
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2 months ago | 
texashighways.com | Chet Garner |Danielle Lopez
Travel to Menard and you’ll find a quiet town with a population of 1,300 people. If it had been up to the Spanish 300 years ago, you might be standing in the largest city in Texas. But because their efforts failed, Menard is now a small, often overlooked, outpost somewhere near the line where the Hill Country turns into the West.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
texashighways.com | Ali Khan |Danielle Lopez
Arnie Segovia, or ArnieTex as he is better known on YouTube and his social media platforms, has endeared himself to an audience of over 3 million people with his cooking demonstrations of South Texas favorites. These include everything from tacos al pastor to bourbon pecan pie and an endless array of salsas. Over the last four years, he has built a dedicated following for his ways around a grill, evidenced by the success of his custom line of cooking rubs, merch, and online pitmaster classes.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
texashighways.com | Danielle Lopez
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to start planning weekend getaways. To aid your travel itinerary, we’ve curated 20 new or recently revamped hotels to anchor your trips. Whether you want to stay in a renovated bus station, a 19th-century stone schoolhouse, or a cabin shaped like a wine barrel, there is something for every traveler. Cruise down US 281 by Stephenville these days, and the newly revived and über-retro Interstate Inn makes it hard to keep your eyes on the road.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
texashighways.com | Danielle Lopez
A new year brings new adventures and there’s no better place to explore than our home state. To help you plan your travels in 2025, we’ve chosen a bucket list activity for each month. While some ideas are more timely—like a new art exhibit and recently reopened treasures—others are rooted in Texas traditions always worth partaking. Whether you check off one activity or accomplish all, we hope you make this year a big one.
