We Ranked The Best Breakfast Restaurants In Texas And Here’s Who Made The Cut
At one Texas breakfast counter, chicken gets brined for days before being tucked into a buttery homemade biscuit. For a breakfast sandwich, those extra days of preparation make...
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A Historic Texas Mansion Became a Wildlife Sanctuary Where Tropical Birds Wander Through the Gardens
Green jays and plain chachalacas roam the gardens of a grand old Texas mansion, sometimes appearing just steps from its shaded walking trails. The colorful birds are part of the...
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9 Texas Thin-Crust Pizza Parlors That Will Change Your Mind About Crispy Crust
One Texas pizza shop has a rule: never trust a round pizza. Its hand-rolled dough goes into stone deck ovens, producing a crust thin enough to deliver a crunch.
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Christmas Lights Wrap Texas Communities at These 7 Holiday Drives Worth Planning Now
At one Texas holiday display, more than five million lights cover a two-mile drive that ends in a glowing tunnel. Halfway through, families can park for carnival rides and a walk...
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The Best 8 Texas Places Where You Can Explore The Underground
One Texas cave actually brings visitors back to daylight on a conveyor belt. Below the surface, guided tours pass delicate mineral formations, enormous chambers, and a sound-and-light...
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9 Underrated Texas Restaurants That Aren’t in Austin, Dallas, or Houston
At one Texas cafe, chicken-fried steak can stretch beyond the edges of the plate, with cream gravy served on the side. That's a meal that makes you reconsider ordering anything...
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This Underrated Texas State Park Has A 9,000 Acre Lake And Some Of The Most Beautiful Fall Scenery Around
A fishing pier stays lit after dark, but the real show at this Texas park comes when maples, hickories, and oaks turn red and gold. The colorful trees frame a lake covering roughly...
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A Texas Woman Sold Tacos From Her Apartment for 28 Years Before Opening the Restaurant She Always Dreamed Of
Six house-made salsas can accompany tacos at this Texas restaurant, each based on a closely guarded family recipe. The kitchen also folds tender beef birria and melted cheese into...
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A Hurricane Destroyed This Texas Pier, Then a $28.5 Million Rebuild Brought the 1,240-Foot Landmark Back to Life
A diamond-shaped fishing deck now stretches over Gulf waves where a hurricane left a beloved pier unusable. The rebuilt structure features wider walkways and accessible ramps,...
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A Little Slice Of London Is Hiding Inside This Texas Store Filled With British Snacks And Sweets
Sweets are still measured out the old-fashioned way at this Texas shop, beside shelves packed with British chocolate. The business began because two friends missed a proper cup...
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This Texas Christmas Attraction Brings a Whole Holiday Village to Life Long Before December
You can race down a snow tubing hill in Texas before December even arrives. The lanes are part of a Christmas attraction where real snow, glowing light tunnels, and an entire holiday...
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The Texas Soda Fountain Where Milkshakes Are Still Made the Old-Fashioned Way
A red tile star is set into the original horseshoe-shaped soda fountain counter, where milkshakes are still served in tall glasses. Yes, the counter has been around since 1917.
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This Texas Tea Room Serves Authentic British Tea With Fresh Scones That Feels Straight Out of London
A woman who won Netflix's Is It Cake? now pours proper English tea in a cozy room near Dallas. She also guards a bright red telephone booth.
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This Texas Christmas Shop Keeps the Holiday Spirit Alive Year-Round With Miniature Villages, Ornaments, and Festive Collectibles
Little snow-covered houses form miniature Christmas villages here, even when the weather outside feels nothing like December. This Texas shop stocks the kind of tiny buildings...
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The Famous Cinnamon Rolls at This Texas Bakery Have a Reputation That Travels Far Beyond Town
A cinnamon roll became such a favorite of Lyndon B. Johnson that the Texas bakery says he had batches sent to the White House. That's...
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This Tiny Texas Cafe Has Just 42 Seats And A Mission That Goes Far Beyond Serving Breakfast
The kitchen serving blueberry pancakes at this Texas cafe also helps people train for food service jobs. Its dining room has just 42 seats, but the mission stretches well beyond...
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A Texas Gift Shop Has Been Run by Volunteers Since 1983 and Everything Inside Is Handmade by People Over 50
Nobody working in this Texas gift shop has ever collected a paycheck. Since 1983, volunteers have kept it running, and every item for sale is handmade by a local artisan aged 50...
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The 9 Spookiest Small Towns In Texas That Feel Like They Were Made For Halloween
A faceless girl supposedly plays with toys in a shop on one Texas town's historic square. That's the local ghost story, anyway, and it's strange enough to make me look twice at...
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A Texas Cafe Is Reinventing Mexican Corn Recipes With Masa-Based Coffee Drinks and Desserts You Rarely See Elsewhere
A Twinkie made with blue corn masa comes filled with chocolate-chile ganache and topped with toasted marshmallow fluff. Yes, that's a real pastry at a Texas café where even your...
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A Texas Family Turned a 1920s Church Into a Bakery and Kept Recipes From 1934 Alive
The old church sanctuary now holds a pastry counter instead of pews. Sunday school rooms have become baking space, and a stained-glass window still hints at the building's former...
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A Texas Store Sorts Through Thousands of Secondhand Clothes to Find Vintage Pieces You Won’t See Twice
Hundreds of new arrivals hit the racks at this Texas vintage shop every day, but they don't come straight from random donation piles. The team sorts through thousands of garments...
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This Tiny Texas German Restaurant Is Serving The Best Homemade Schnitzel You’ll Ever Try
A roadside food trailer in Texas serves crispy pork schnitzel, spätzle, and Black Forest cake. It even has a separate little dining area.
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9 Beginner-Friendly Texas Mountain Hikes With Views That Feel Like A Much Bigger Adventure
A paved loop shorter than a third of a mile can frame a desert sunset through a notch between mountain peaks. That alone made me rethink what a real mountain hike requires.
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8 Texas Orchards Where You Can Buy Fresh Fruit Straight From The Growers
One small Texas farm stays closed most of the year and opens only when something is ripe enough to pick. I love that rule. It...
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This Texas Cafe Is Quickly Becoming One Of The State’s Most Interesting Brunch Spots
Brunch can easily become a boring routine of the same eggs and toast, but this Texas cafe is shaking that up with a menu that takes familiar dishes and pushes them somewhere more...
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This Texas Restaurant Serves an Old-Fashioned Family-Style Feast That Feels Like Sunday at Grandma’s House
Some meals feel less like dining out and more like being welcomed into someone's home, and this Texas restaurant captures that feeling by serving old fashioned family style feasts...
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8 Texas Towns With Bizarre Stories Even Lifelong Texans May Not Know
Texas has plenty of famous history, but some of its strangest stories never make it into the textbooks, and the eight towns on this list are proof that even lifelong residents...
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A Texas Couple Collected Oddities For 20 Years Until Their Shop Became One Of The Strangest Museums In America
Twenty years of collecting oddities is enough to turn anyone's hobby into something far bigger, and for this Texas couple, that is exactly what happened, with a personal stash...
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This Texas Restaurant Brings A Taste Of Louisiana With Its Authentic Gumbo And Cajun Plates
Louisiana cooking has a way of making everything else feel a little bland by comparison, and this Texas restaurant has brought that same depth of flavor to its own kitchen with...
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This Texas Vintage Warehouse Is Packed Floor To Ceiling With Architectural Pieces Looking For Another Home
Old buildings come down all the time, but their best pieces do not have to disappear with them, and this Texas warehouse exists to make sure they get another chance, packing doors,...
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The Breakfast At This Tex-Mex Cafe In Texas Costs Around $8 And Beats Any Chain Restaurant
Breakfast should not cost a small fortune, and this Tex-Mex cafe in Texas proves that point by serving plates that come in around eight dollars and still taste better than anything...
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This European-Style Christmas Market Has Been Bringing Holiday Magic To Texas For Years
Christmas markets are a European tradition that many Americans only experience through photos and travel blogs, but this Texas event has been bringing that same magic stateside...
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8 Family-Friendly Texas Hikes Where The Trails Are Short And The Payoffs Are Big
Hiking with kids does not have to mean meltdowns, tired legs, and promises of ice cream just to get everyone back to the car, because these eight Texas trails were practically...
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This Texas Wildlife Area Has 11,000 Acres of Forests, Wetlands, and Rare Carnivorous Plants
Eleven thousand acres is a lot of land to protect, and this Texas wildlife area uses every bit of it to shelter forests, wetlands, and some of the rarest carnivorous plants found...
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A Texas BBQ Restaurant Is Giving Traditional Barbecue A Halal Twist
Barbecue and halal are not two words you often hear together, but this Texas restaurant is proving they belong in the same sentence by serving brisket, ribs, and sausage that follow...
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9 Texas Lakes So Clear And Quiet They Feel Like A Secret Worth Protecting
Some lakes are built for jet skis and loud weekends, but the nine on this list are the opposite, offering clear water, quiet shorelines, and the kind of stillness that makes you...
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Dinner Feels Extra Special at This Gorgeous Texas Farm-to-Table Restaurant
There is a difference between a meal that fills you up and a meal that feels like an occasion, and this Texas farm to table restaurant lands firmly in the second category, where...
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A Whimsical Two Story Texas Restaurant Turns A Simple Meal Into An Experience
Some restaurants feed you, and some restaurants entertain you. However, the best ones manage to do both at the same time, which...
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12 Texas Restaurants to Try When You’re Tired of The Same Old Chain Restaurants
There comes a point in every diner's life when the sight of another identical menu with another identical plate of food becomes too much to bear, and that is exactly when these...
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A Texas Scrapbooking Store That Gives Creative People A Reason To Plan A Shopping Trip
Scrapbooking is one of those hobbies that sneaks up on you, starting with a single photo album and slowly turning into a full blown obsession with papers, stickers, and tools you...
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A Small Town Texas Bakery Keeps Czech Baking Traditions Alive One Batch At A Time
Kolaches. Klobasnek. And the smell of fresh bread drifting down the street. This Texas bakery has been keeping Czech traditions alive for generations, one batch at a time.
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A Century Old Texas Castle Looks Like It Was Plucked Straight Out Of Europe
A castle in Texas. It sounds like a fairy tale. But this one is real, and it has been standing for over a century. The architecture...
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Down A Quiet Texas Street, This Old Meat Market Smokes Beef Ribs To Tender Perfection
Down a quiet street. In an old building. A meat market that has been smoking beef ribs the same way for years. That is the...
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A Texas Restaurant Makes The Kind Of Comfort Food That Calls For An Extra Hungry Appetite
Some meals require a nap afterward. This is one of them. This Texas restaurant serves comfort food that is hearty, filling,...
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There’s A Restaurant Inside A Historic Texas Bank And The Interior Is Truly Unreal
A restaurant inside an old bank. That is not something you see every day. This Texas spot has taken a historic building and...
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A No-Frills Texas Seafood House Keeps Things Casual With Big Plates And Waterfront Views
Some restaurants want to impress you with fancy plating and complicated menus. This Texas seafood house does not. It keeps...
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This Peaceful Corner of Texas Combines a Scenic Walk, a Historic Site, and an Excellent Lunch Stop
A scenic walk, a historic site, and a great lunch spot all in one place. That is a rare combination. This peaceful corner of...
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Texans Happily Make The Drive To This Small-Town Diner For Home Cooking And Nostalgic Arcade Games
Good food and old arcade games. That is a combination worth driving for. This small town Texas diner serves up home cooking...
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Walk Through A Texas Forest Where Towering Trees Create One Of The State’s Most Underrated Nature Escapes
Towering trees. Shaded trails. And enough quiet to hear your own footsteps. That is what this Texas forest offers.
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This Tiny Texas Town Has A Historic Downtown You Can Explore Without Fighting Tourist Crowds
A historic downtown without the crowds. That is the appeal of this tiny Texas town. The brick buildings are still standing,...
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This Texas Café Serves Cheesecake So Good People Drive Across the Whole State for a Slice
A slice of cheesecake that makes people drive across the state. That is a bold claim. But this Texas café backs it up. The...
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This Texas Canyon Is One Of The Best Places To Spot Wild Bison Roaming This Fall
Bison once roamed across Texas in the millions. Now, seeing one in the wild feels like a glimpse of the past. This canyon offers...
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A Giant Mosaic Park In Texas Turns Everyday Junk Into One Of The City’s Coolest Free Attractions
One person's trash is another person's art. And at this Texas park, that idea is taken to a whole new level. Giant sculptures...
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There’s A Funky Retro Town In Texas That’s Perfect For Walking And Worth Exploring
A town that feels like it belongs on a movie set, but the people are real and the shops are open. That is what you get here. This...
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10 Texas Places That Are Free, Weird, And Actually Worth The Drive
Free is good. Weird is better. Combine the two and you have a road trip worth taking. Texas is full of oddities that do not cost...
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Texas Restaurants That Have Been Feeding The Same Communities For More Than 50 Years
A restaurant that has been open for over 50 years is not just a place to eat. It is a community landmark. The walls have seen...
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This Texas Greenhouse Café Turns Brunch Into A Garden Escape Led By An Acclaimed Chef
Brunch among the plants. That is the appeal of this Texas greenhouse café. Sunlight pours in through the glass ceiling, the...
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This Texas Theater Still Glows Beneath A Giant Neon Sign From The Golden Age Of Movies
Modern movie theaters are very good at reclining seats and enormous soda cups, but they rarely greet you with a towering neon sign that looks like the evening should require a...
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One Of Texas’ Most Old Fashioned Butcher Shops Also Happens To Make A Seriously Fresh Burger
Buying burger meat from a butcher shop is sensible. Having the butcher skip a few steps and cook the burger for you is considerably more efficient.
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