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.

Texas Highways Magazine

Bare-Knuckle Brawl

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS

ON THE WEB

New Year, New Frontiers

MERGE

ROADMAP

Balcones Canyonlands

Fire and Ice

Deep Cuts • Vast canyons define the changing Rio Grande

PANORAMA

Bey Watch • Tyler native Blair Caldwell teamed up with Beyoncé to create 2024’s most influential album cover

A Familiar Ring • KING OF SPORTS BRINGS BACK OLD-SCHOOL TEXAS WRESTLING

Go to the Mat • MEET THE GOOD AND BAD GUYS WHO FACE OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER

When in Roma • The nearly 300-year-old city on the South Texas border makes for a multicultural getaway

POSTCARDS

JUMP STREET • BMX BIKERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD KICK OUT THE JAMS AT 9TH STREET

THE ‘X’ IN TEXAS • PUNK ROCK ICON JOHN DOE RIDES HIS HORSE INTO THE AUSTIN SUNSET

AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY • COMMEMORATING THE CENTURIES-LONG HISTORY OF BLACK SEMINOLE SCOUTS

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED • ISMELDA ORNELAS IS A REAL-LIFE CUPID

AMARILLO BY MORNING • REVISITING AN ACT OF GENEROSITY IN THE HIGH PLAINS

WHERE TO STAY IN 2025 • The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to start planning week-end getaways. To aid your travel itinerary, we’ve curated 20 new or recently revamped hotels to anchor your trips. Whether you want to stay in a renovated bus station, a 19th-century stone schoolhouse, or a cabin shaped like a wine barrel, there is something for every traveler.

Interstate Inn • STEPHENVILLE

Wine Barrel Cabins • FREDERICKSBURG

Grand Galvez • GALVESTON

Camp Elena • TERLINGUA

Cinnamon Shore • PORT ARANSAS

SHOW OF HANDS • THE SECRETIVE, CENTURIES-OLD OUTLAW TRADITION OF NOODLING REACHES ITS PEAK EVERY SUMMER AT A LAKE TAWAKONI TOURNAMENT WITH THE KINGS OF CATFISH

The Bare Necessities • Start your own noodling adventure by following these important steps

For Old Time’s Sake • THE PAST ENRICHES THE PRESENT AT THESE HISTORICAL SMALL TOWNS TO VISIT NOW

Goliad

Burnet

Presidio

Canyon

Texas Highways

FUEL

Message in a Bottle • Marfa Spirit Co captures the taste of the Trans-Pecos with a meaty new offering

Grill Power • An itinerant fajita feast has become a reason to celebrate in San Antonio

Seeing Red • Waco’s other most famous soda is being reborn as a sparkling new restaurant ingredient

EVENTS • EDITORS’ PICKS | JANUARY/FEBRUARY

Lake Retreat