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.

Transcendent Texas

Texas Highways Magazine

Behind the Story

READERS RESPOND MERGE • I taught school with a wonderful teacher who took off a week prior to Christmas vacation to make tamales. He bought a hog’s head for the meat. All the other days of the school year, he never was once absent.

Silver Lining

Kaufman • Entrepreneur and volunteer Hector Torres thrives in his adopted North Texas home

Devil’s Advocate • The Faust Hotel in New Braunfels conjures thoughts of Goethe’s Faust

Searching for Stars • On the 20th anniversary of the Columbia disaster, Hemphill recounts the community’s recovery efforts

Sphere of Influence • The ‘Legacy of Love’ monument is a beacon for the LGBTQ community

Peace and Quiet • How to escape the noise in an ever-louder world

On a Bend of the Colorado • Columbus celebrates 200 years of small town charm among the live oaks

ETERNAL SPRINGS • MORE THAN JUST A TOURIST DESTINATION, SAN SOLOMON SPRINGS HAS PRESERVED COMMUNITIES IN WEST TEXAS FOR CENTURIES

IN LIGHT OF NATURE • CELEBRATING 50 YEARS, THE KIMBELL ART MUSEUM IS AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE ON PAR WITH THE ART IT EXHIBITS

SACRED SPACES • FIND DIVINE INSPIRATION AND QUIET REFLECTION IN TEXAS’ TRANSCENDENT LANDMARKS

Sunday Supper • Themed monthly dinner parties are the hot ticket in the small town of Van

Canned Goodness • Ro-Tel’s Rio Grande Valley origin story

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TEXANA Of Concrete and Calm • Built to store water underground, the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern in Houston inspires creativity and reflection

Screen Play • A new exhibit at Fort Worth’s Modern Art Museum explores screen time and culture

Gruene • The color of Texas

Kitchen Capable • Dedication and skill have taken Tiffany Derry from IHOP cook to entrepreneur and TV personality

Down at the Springs AUSTIN, CIRCA 1935