This Stretch of Texas Built the World We Live In
In the Permian Basin there’s a joke about Midland-Odessa: It’s where God sat while he created the rest of the earth. I laughed when an oil worker told it to me, but a few days later I’d find mys...
A Road Trip in Texas’s Most Legendary Taco Region
We are blessed to live in a state where countless miles of road are dotted with terrific Mexican restaurants, food trucks, and taquerias. Perhaps no other region of Texas has the same density of stell...
You’ll See the Gulf in a New Way if You Stop En Route to the Beach
I wish I could say I’d had a feeling of being watched. Squatting on a marshy trail in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge to photograph an alligator mud path, I turned and saw what had to be an eight-f...
A Road Trip Through the Sweetest-Smelling Part of Texas
You have to smell this one here!” Jana Pirtle calls out. The Scentimental rose has candy cane–striped petals, and its intensely sweet fragrance hangs in the air like a blast of perfume at the mall...
The Central Texas Barbecue Hall of Fame Road Trip
Central Texas is stacked with barbecue heavyweights. This choose-your-own-adventure itinerary is tailored to your commitment level, whether you’re a freak who’ll camp out for hours in line or simp...
At 100 Years Old, Route 66 Is Still Fueled by Nostalgia
The most storied thoroughfare in the nation, U.S. Route 66 gave birth to our freedom-fueled obsession with road-tripping. It connected the heartland to the West Coast, crossing eight states, includin...
The Greatest Lengths
Our state is so big that if you want to see much of it, you won’t have a choice but to get behind the wheel. That’s fine by most Texans, who treasure their cars and trucks and the Texas-shaped air...