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Spring Forward!

April 2014’s wildflower feature—“Oooh … Aaah”—mentions our longtime friends at The University of Texas at Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Here are more details…
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Roasts and Toasts

At 10 a.m. on a recent Saturday at Casa Brasil Coffees in Austin, I’m sitting at an L-shaped bar scattered with glass tumblers filled with…
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Wild About Flowers

Babs Rodriguez’s son becomes a true-bluebonnet Texan in the April 2014 installment of Travel Matters. Here’s the full story.
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‘Conquer or Perish’

When Houston Businessman Jesse H. Jones approached the federal government for money to help build the San Jacinto Monument in La Porte, it took a…
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Moonlight Zipline

From a sheltered platform more than 40 feet high, I step out into darkness, my heart beating a little faster than usual. The zipline cable…
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The Ewing Way

About 30 years ago, a trailblazing soap opera about a greedy, glamorous, and volatile Texas family captivated millions of viewers around the globe.
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Eggstraordinary!

It was a case of mistaken identity. I thought I was Wendish, a descendant of that group of Eastern Europeans who fled religious oppression by…
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10 Migratory Hotspots

See related: State of Great Migration ‘Shorebirds at Bolivar Flats, near Galveston, year-round. See some of the largest concentrations of migrating shorebirds on the continent—including…
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Texas Top 40 Travel Destinations

Last fall, we asked Texas Highways readers to share their favorite places in the state for our Texas Top-40 Travel Destinations. And share you did—by phone, email,…
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