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.

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CUT IT OUT • Artist John Cerney immortalizes Texas celebrities along US 90

HOLY SMOKE • The Barbecue Capital of Texas is home to a bustling square filled with shops and restaurants

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK • Book a room at small town gems with big histories

PANORAMA

THE FAST LANE • Dallas’ Sha’Carri Richardson sprints toward the 2024 Paris Olympics

AGAINST THE WIND • AN ACCLAIMED AUSTIN AUTHOR TACKLES THE MYTHS AND MONSTERS OF HIS CARIBBEAN HOMELAND

Novel Ideas • KEEP YOUR SUMMER BOOKED WITH THESE RECENT READS PENNED BY TEXAS WRITERS

ADVENTURE ALFRESCO • Caverns, cold plunges, and a scenic drive through the remote western Hill Country

POSTCARDS

MUSIC TO HIS PEERS • A BITTERSWEET GOODBYE TO A BELOVED RECORD COLLECTION

YEOMAN SKIES • COSMOPOLITAN FILMMAKER WES ANDERSON FOUND HIS FOCUS IN TEXAS

TROUBLED WATERS • REMEMBERING THE TOWNS THAT LIE BENEATH TOLEDO BEND AND OTHER HUMAN-MADE LAKES

WORK AND PROGRESS • JAN DOCKERY IS NO STRANGER TO SWEAT EQUITY

A COSMIC ALIGNMENT • AN ECLIPSE CHASER SEES THE LIGHT IN TOTALITY

SMALL TALK • For our annual list of Small Towns to Visit Now, we asked prominent Texas writers and storytellers to share the places that have inspired their works and made them feel right at home

LAMPASAS

MONAHANS

LONG VIEW

LUFKIN

LEVELLAND

TONIGHT, IT’S PERSONAL • FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SHINE ON ODESSA’S BIG GAME

THE STAR PLAYERS • The stats behind the score

FROM WEST TEXAS TO THE NFL

Running Its Course • The Red River may have slowed a bit, but its stories still flow

CLASS ACTS • NOTHING INCITES SCHOOL SPIRIT AND LIFELONG ALLEGIANCES QUITE LIKE THE LIVE MASCOTS PROWLING THE GROUNDS OF TEXAS UNIVERSITIES

SHASTA • THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

REVEILLE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

PERUNA • SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

JUDGES • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

BEVO • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

FUEL

NUT JOB • The peanut patty hasn’t changed much since its heyday in the 1930s, but its timeless appeal is on full display across the state

MASA APPEAL • A 70-year-old café has cemented Mirando City as a Tex-Mex boomtown

ICE AGE • Fall for a new summer crush with one of the many global variations on the classic snow cone

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Springs Eternal