The Travel Magazine of Texas
For 17 minutes in 1959, no one at Churchill Downs knew who had won the Kentucky Derby. Read More > The post A Midland Museum’s Unexpected Ties to the Kentucky Derby…
A marigold-hued stained glass installation rises high above the bar of El Paso’s Ámbar Restaurante, located in the historic Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park. Read More > The…
Had you been listening to tactical radio traffic during the devastating 2024 Smokehouse Creek fire, you would have heard firefighters in Canadian referring to “Aud” as…
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Last October, Kaytie Nielsen and Iris Beaumier hit the road in a Chrysler Pacifica minivan. Read More > The post The Big Texas Little Film Tour Is Coming Soon to a…
The 1979 movie Alien may have haunted a generation of moviegoers, but it inspired John “Danny” Olivas to become an astronaut. Read More > The post How El Paso Shaped…
When the New York rock band The Strokes announced they would play at El Paso’s Abraham Chavez Theatre in the fall of 2025, the steady bass beat of my heart quickened…
Every night, a blue neon Pegasus flickers on the hillside skyline at the edge of Big Bend, perched above volcanic desert. Read More > The post The Ghost Town Innkeeper…
Clint Orms Engravers & Silversmiths How To Texas is a recurring column offering step-by-step instructions on how to be Texan. Read More > The post Buckle Up: A Guide…
The high-pitched strumming of a requinto guitar, played by a trío romántico, might feel like an appropriate soundtrack to a night on the town in El Paso. Read More >…
In the heart of the Permian Basin, 5,000 miles from where William Shakespeare originally penned his plays, an Odessa replica of his premier theater brings the bard’s…
Although it’s a mere 20 miles southeast of downtown El Paso, the small adobe chapel in the heart of San Elizario feels centuries away. Read More > The post History…
I gripped the steering wheel tightly and felt my heart race as the weight of my car caused a clanking commotion against the wood-planked bridge below. Read More > The…
Filmmaker Ben Masters has traveled all over Texas documenting the natural wonders of his home state. Read More > The post New ‘Deep in the Heart’ Documentary Is a Love…
