Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on high ground overlooking the Trinity River. Major Ripley A. Arnold, commander of Company F, Second

Texas has plenty of towns with amazing names. There’s even a town called Cool. And Cut and Shoot. And Valentine. Yes, Valentine. How amazing is that? Especially in February. The story goes that a rail...

Texas is number one in many things: oil, cattle ranching, rodeo, cotton. But you may be surprised to learn that it can also claim first place in horror. Yes, the charming low-budget film The Texas Cha...

Every Christmas, we bake eight pies—four apple and four walnut. Of course, we didn’t eat them all ourselves. Grandma gave two to people who had no pies and put two in the freezer for later.

This story begins like many good stories: Two men walked into a bar. Now, let’s elaborate a little: Two men walked into a bar in San Antonio about 50 years ago. Okay, actually, it was more of a restau...

They say Texans living outside Texas crave three things most: Whataburger, Tex-Mex food, and Blue Bell ice cream. Blue Bell is a historic Texas brand founded back in 1907. It has always...

What’s the best Whataburger you’ve ever had? That’s a question my friend likes to ask everyone. It may seem like an odd question, but in Texas, it really isn’t. When he first asked me, I...

In 1979, Texas Monthly reported that McDonald's struggled to gain ground in small Texas towns because Dairy Queen was the social, cultural, and culinary hub of many of them. The magazine

To paraphrase Kilgore, the character played by Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now, “I love the sound of a diesel engine in the morning.” It might be a pickup, tractor, or eighteen-wheeler—but I love that...

If you could fit all of Texas culture into one football stadium—which would be the perfect venue for it—you would have to reserve a large section for rattlesnakes. After all, rattlesnakes have always...