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.

Valley Roots

Texas Highways Magazine

Behind the Story

READERS RESPOND MERGE

Stockyard Lights • Developed in the late 1800s as a hub for cattle shipping and meatpacking, the Fort Worth Stockyards remains a vibrant marketplace. Today, cows have been replaced by locals and tourists exploring the National Historic District’s shops, eateries, saloons, hotels, and museums. Dave Shafer set out to capture the contemporary vitality of the Stockyards in his photograph of the intersection of West Exchange Avenue and North Main Street, which is home to M.L. Leddy’s, a venerable Western wear shop. “There is always something going on, and I wanted to convey in one picture that it’s a busy, fun place,” Shafer says.

Hitchcock • Sam Collins preserves the multifaceted history of the Texas Gulf Coast

Home Before Sundown • Old gives way to new in Hidalgo, but the ghosts persist

Graveyard Shift • Volunteers garner historical status for Black cemeteries in Texas

Gone but Not Forgotten • Black cemeteries across the state tell their own stories.

Oh My Gourd • A festival in Fredericksburg inspires new ways to decorate for the fall

Population: Unknown • A road trip through the ghost towns of North Central Texas and beyond

Hidden Texas • T. Lindsay Baker is a professional historian and former director of the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center for Industrial History of Texas. The center, located in Thurber, utilizes the ghost town’s history as a case study of Texas’ industrial development.

Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts • Spend a day exploring these ghost towns in North Central Texas

Famous Ghost Towns

The Bounty of the Valley • Explore South Texas culture in McAllen

Museum of South Texas History

Some Like it Hot

REINVENTING COWTOWN • LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT HAVE KICK-STARTED A CREATIVE RENAISSANCE IN FORT WORTH

FORT WORTH’S FRESH ENERGY

The Last Time Anyone Says Your Name • A WIFE TEACHES HER HUSBAND TO APPRECIATE LIFE IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD

PLATES

Dining With the Dead • An Italian restaurant in El Paso offers a taste of the supernatural

Tastes Like Chicken • San Antonio’s Project Pollo bets the farm on its plant-based menu

Where’s the Beef? • If you’re looking for more plant-based options for your flexitarian, vegetarian, or vegan dining needs, here are a few restaurants around the state worth exploring.

The Comanche Trail • Traces of the tribe’s raiding route to Mexico recall the sunset of a wild era in West Texas

The Grass Is Always Bluer • In West Texas, a new bluegrass festival fosters new roots

North Dallas • Big D at its best

Welcome to the Table • Acclaimed TV chef and cookbook author Pati Jinich explores the food and culture of the Texas border

Fiery Throwdown