Texas Highways Magazine

Texas Highways, the official travel magazine of Texas, encourages recreational travel within Texas and tells the Texas story to readers around the world. Renowned for its photography, statewide events coverage, top weekend excursions, off-the-beaten path discoveries, and scenic destinations, Texas Highways helps readers discover the treasures of the Lone Star State.

Outlaw Spirit

Texas Highways Magazine

Behind the Story

READERS RESPOND MERGE • I’ve been to every county in Texas, and there’s just so much to see and do here. You cover it very well, but the addition of short stories puts the August issue over the top. I hope that continues! Betty Picard, Plano

Wide-Open Spaces

Van Horn • Hotel El Capitan general manager Starvanna Cottrell welcomes guests to the landmark hotel

TOWN TRIVIA

A Haunting • An author’s life is mirrored in the work of a sci-fi legend

Hell-Raising Happy Hours • Outlaw bars aren’t always as tough as they seem

Outlaw-Abiding

Sweet Escapes • Hotels across the state have served as hideouts for infamous outlaws

Locked Up • Museums in historic jail buildings display the history of Texas crime and punishment

Viva Terlingua • This West Texas ghost town provides refuge for the iconoclast

Spirits of the West

REDEMPTION SONGS • BORN ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER, CORRIDOS HAVE DOCUMENTED TRAGEDIES, IMMORTALIZED HEROES AND VICTIMS, AND SPOKEN TRUTH TO POWER FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS

LYRICAL LEGACY • Where to immerse yourself in the living history of corridos

THE Wildest SHOW EVER STAGED • FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE TEXAS PRISON RODEO OFFERED A SPECTACLE LIKE NO OTHER

HONKY-TONK HEROINES • THE TEXAS WOMEN OF OUTLAW COUNTRY BREAK THE RULES THEIR OWN WAY

Outlaw Essentials • BEFORE WOMEN BECAME THE TORCHBEARERS OF OUTLAW COUNTRY, THESE TEXAS MALE ARTISTS BUCKED NASHVILLE’S MUSIC ROW AND GAVE BIRTH TO A MUSICAL MOVEMENT

Untamed Spirits • Distilleries across the state are making moonshine in small batches from vintage recipes

Boozy Bonus • Check out eight more Texas distilleries making modern moonshine

Shrimply Irresistible • Rock stars couldn’t get enough of the seafood enchiladas served at Armadillo World Headquarters

RECIPE

Free Willie • The Red Headed Stranger’s Fourth of July Picnic has drawn crowds to the Hill Country for 50 years

Stories from the Saddle • Modern-day cowboys and cowgirls preserve a well-worn storytelling legacy.

Centerville • The land of beef, blackberries, and Boggy

Cha Ching • Businessman Mark Cuban cashes in on the Big D

Wild Ones • CIRCA 1900