Texas

Texas takes its pie seriously, and a good slice can turn a boring road trip into a reason…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 13

Somewhere in the Texas Hill Country sits a natural opening in the earth that drops 138 feet straight…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 13

Some restaurants earn a following. This one earned a pilgrimage. For nearly a century, families across Texas have…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 13

There is a small town about an hour outside of Austin where people set alarms for 4 a.m.,…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 12

Halfway between Austin and San Antonio sits a shopping destination so big that regulars still stumble onto stores…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 12

There is a spot along the South Texas coast where the days move at the speed of a…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 12

Central Texas hides a town where German settlers built stone homesteads, planted vineyards, and left behind a story…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 12

Some places in Austin have watched the whole city grow up around them, and one spot on the…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 12

Texas is famous for big cities and long highways, but some of its best stops are the small…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 12

Some breakfast spots chase trends, and others just keep doing what they have always done well. There is…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 11

Somewhere in North Texas, deer wander freely through quiet streets while retirees wave to neighbors they actually know…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 11

Some mornings call for more than a quick bite grabbed on the way out the door. About 30…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 11

Texas might make you think of wide-open plains and hot summers, but the state hides some genuinely pretty…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 11

Some places in Dallas refuse to grow up, and that stubbornness is exactly what keeps folks coming back.…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 11

Texas has a way of holding onto its old roadside diners, the kind with counter stools, chrome trim,…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 11

Some road trips have a mandatory pit stop, and for folks crossing the middle of Texas, one small-town…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 10

Texas is huge, and hidden across its wide open spaces are towns that time simply left behind. Some…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 10

Some places on South Padre Island are worth planning an entire trip around, and a certain bayfront dining…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 10

Somewhere between the rolling hills of North Texas and the quiet shoreline of a sprawling reservoir sits a…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 10

Lower Greenville hides a shop where the pastry cases glow bright and the doors stay open long after…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 10

Galveston keeps a few tasty secrets tucked along its working waterfront, and one of them sits right where…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 9

Some places in Texas reward you for the long drive, and this Hill Country farm is one of…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 9

Texas is huge, and some of its best towns are the ones most people zoom right past on…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 9

Somewhere in the rolling heart of central Texas, a small town keeps drawing people who want their days…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 9

There is a warehouse in San Antonio where the price tags disappear and a scale does all the…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 8

There is a small Texas town where smoke drifts over the streets and the whole community seems to…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 8

Some of the best breakfasts in East Texas come from places you would never spot from the highway.…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 8

Some folks map their whole road trip around a single lunch stop, and this Central Texas town is…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 8

Texas takes its steak seriously, and some of the best places to find it aren’t in the big…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 8

Most lakes in Texas were built by people, dams and all, but there is one that has been…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 8

Some road trips end with a scenic view. This one ends with a platter of fried chicken stacked…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 7

Somewhere along a Texas highway, hungry travelers keep pulling off the road for a barbecue spot that lets…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 7

Some folks set alarms for 4 a.m. on a Saturday just to sit in a lawn chair under…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 7

Rockport sits right on the Texas coast, close enough to the water that seafood shows up on the…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 7

There is a little pocket of central Texas where the road signs sometimes carry a second language, where…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 7

Out where the roads narrow and the town lights fade, there is a spot that people plan whole…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 7

Far out in the Big Bend country of West Texas, past the last convenience store and the final…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 6

Some restaurants become a talking point long before you ever walk through the door. Tucked into a lively…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 6

Deep in the piney woods of East Texas, a vintage train still rolls between two small-town depots, carrying…

By Marco Rinaldi · Aug 6