Jim Lovell Was Always Chasing the Moon
Captain James A. Lovell Jr., an astronaut best known for Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the moon, and Apollo 13, a...
The Local Businesses That Were Once A-Frame Whataburgers
A taqueria in San Antonio, a used-car dealership in El Paso, an art school in Dallas, and a coffee shop in Waco. What do they all have in common? They’re housed in buildings with distinct A-frame st...
Meet the 71-Year-Old Texan Who Broke a Big Record on a Tiny Boat
Robert Youens left Pensacola, Florida, in a sixteen-foot aluminum johnboat at 7:31 a.m. on July 12, with the goal of navigating America’s Great Loop as fast as he could. Roughly 4,800 miles, 64 lock...
How ‘King of the Hill’ Popularized a Less Cartoonish Vision of Texas
For a dozen years, the animated TV sitcom King of the Hill worked to shake Hollywood from its habit of depicting Texas as a fantasyland of cowboys and oilmen. Its original run ended in 2009, but now t...