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.

Return to the River

Texas Highways Magazine

Behind the Story

READERS RESPOND MERGE • Toledo Bend is the most beautiful lake in Texas and Louisiana. Where the cypress trees meet the huge pine trees with beautiful rolling hills.

Swamped by Sun

Presidio • Life in Presidio echoes with history under vast borderland skies

The Water Asks Me Questions • A Caribbean native finds a home away from home in Corpus Christi

On the Nose • Inside the effort to reintroduce the primordial paddlefish to Texas waters

10 and 2 • Fly fishers go with the flow on Texas rivers

Coasting Along • 14 activities to make the most of the state’s beaches and bays

Where the Dinosaurs Roam • Glen Rose offers a valley full of culture and history

EMBRACING THE BRAZOS

Down By the River • SAN ANTONIO’S STORIED WATERWAY SNAKES THROUGH ATTRACTIONS HISTORIC AND NEW

THE TREE OF LIFE • On the mesquite trail in South Texas

In Good Spirits • A Houston distiller crafts rum in honor of his late fiancée

That’s Dane Tasty • Three Danes Baking Company in Fort Worth finds a new audience for Old World treats

Let There Be Lakes • The history and science behind Bois d’Arc Lake, the newest in Texas

Soul Sisters • In Laredo, the International Sister Cities Festival highlights cultures around Mexico

Lake Jackson • Coastal enchantments and inland amusements

‘I’m Comin’ Home’ • Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen parks the bus after 40-plus years of touring

Wagon Dip SAN ANTONIO, 1917