Being Texan More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At Come hell or high water, you’ll want to read our compilation of down-home aphorisms. By Anne Dingus
Texas History| December 19, 2023 The Thorny History of the Poinsettia’s Namesake Joel R. Poinsett, the first American minister to Mexico, was supposed to help the U.S. buy Texas. He meddled in local politics instead. By Scott Ray
The Texanist| December 12, 2023 The Texanist: Do Texas Sheriffs Ever Remove Their Hats Indoors? A Brenham man wonders why, in contravention of common custom, those Stetsons never seem to get doffed. By David Courtney
Texas History| December 4, 2023 This 1879 Map Is Now the Priciest Map of Texas Ever Sold at Auction It fetched $705,000, topping the list of about 165 items from Ted Lusher's Texana collection. By Dan Solomon
Texas History| November 30, 2023 A Treasure Trove of Texas History Is Up for Auction. Here Are the Coolest Items. An original broadsheet announcing the fall of the Alamo, the first book published in Texas, and other stuff that Phil Collins will probably buy. By Dan Solomon
Being Texan| November 28, 2023 In the Misinformation Age, Believing In Bigfoot Is Harder Than Ever When the internet is saturated with fake videos and doctored photos, what’s a wood ape enthusiast to do? By Lauren Larson
Best Thing in Texas| November 14, 2023 A Guy in Grapevine Had the Best Hike Ever: He Discovered a New Dinosaur. Roughly the weight of a standard schnauzer, the plant-eating dino roamed North Texas 96 million years ago. By Charlie Scudder
The Texanist| November 14, 2023 The Texanist: What Would Happen if We Stopped Hunting Deer? Hunters in Texas kill a lot of white-tailed deer each year. What would happen if they didn’t kill any at all? By David Courtney
Giving Back| November 13, 2023 Great Moments, Great Texans Lone Star State residents found ways big and small to lend each other a helping hand. By Texas Monthly
Giving Back| November 13, 2023 Eight Texans Who Are Taking On Some of Our Biggest Challenges Whether helping prevent military suicides or reversing a childcare desert, these Texans are finding creative solutions to big problems. By Texas Monthly
Giving Back| November 13, 2023 Heroes Among Us With governments increasingly incapable of addressing everything from homelessness to veterans’ needs, ordinary Texans are stepping into the breach. By Texas Monthly