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.

You Can Go Home Again

Texas Highways Magazine

Behind the Story

MERGE • Just finished reading “An Open Palm” by Fowzia Karimi and could not wait to commend her writing gift. She captures the pain of grief so poetically. More from this talented writer, please.

Sun-Kissed

Perryton • Ranching roots and basketball elevate life on the High Plains

TOWN TRIVIA

A Single Silver Spur • A daughter and father share a devotion to charreadas in Del Rio

Light Bright • The Gelman Stained Glass Museum in San Juan showcases designs from defunct U.S. churches

Don’t Let Go • Families separated by the border reunite for a temporary embrace

Animals Crossing • Wildlife agencies work across borders to protect rare species

From the River • Spring-fed San Felipe Creek and borderland culture anchor this community along the Rio Grande

Laughlin Air Force Base

’ROUEND the BEND • TEXAS AND LOUISIANA FIND NEUTRAL GROUND ALONG TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR

HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER

WHAT WENT UNDER

We’re Still Here • KARANKAWA DESCENDANTS ARE REVIVING THE HERITAGE OF A NATIVE TEXAS TRIBE WRITTEN OFF AS EXTINCT

Traces of the Karankawa

ALWAYS BOTH AND NEITHER • THE DUALITY OF LIFE ON THE BORDER IN LAREDO

COMER Y BEBER • Eat and drink like a local on your next visit to Laredo.

A Dash’ll Do Ya • Beer salt’s journey from the shaker to the bottle and beyond

Root to Stem, Nose to Tail • Chef Damien Brockway elevates family recipes at Distant Relatives

Desert Dwelling • The Alvino House is a vestige of the riverside farming communities that preceded Big Bend National Park

Getaway to Galveston: IT’S ISLAND TIME

Desert Spirit • Marfa’s Agave Festival celebrates the essential desert plant

Lajitas • Goats and golf at the edge of nowhere

Line to Line • Author and Texas Humor founder Jay B. Sauceda reminds Texans of their common ground

Blood Sport of Old • MERCEDES, 1907