New Braunfels' Whitewater Amphitheater hosts top-notch tunes against a Guadalupe River backdrop with floaters on tubes

Whitewater Amphitheater’s backstage is a perfect live music setting for those

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Kemps ridley sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore. (Photo by Larry Ditto)

Texas is tailor-made for bucket lists. Covering some 268,000 square miles, the Lone

Fly-Fishing the Guadalupe River

The river best known for its summertime activities also is the southenmost trout fishery in the United States. (Photos by J. Griffis Smith)

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Soothe summer’s swelter in a Texas swimming hole

Blue Hole in Wimberly. (Photo by Will van Overbeek)

Our bodies are mostly water. Our primordial ancestors lived in it. Science tells us that looking

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An Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow Screening at Lake Travis. Photo by Mary Sledd.

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Talk To—and feed—the animals at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center and Natural Bridge Wildlife ranch

Sure, it’s fun to hand-feed giraffes through the sunroof, but there are other important reasons why Texas

Shaded by oaks and mesquites not far from historic Gruene Hall, potters showcase their technique (and sell their wares) at the annual Texas Clay Fest.

Randy Brodnax gingerly lifts a pot from the

Gruene Hall’s Gospel Brunch with a Texas Twist

Ready yourself for a buffet of breakfast and the Holy Spirit at Gruene Hall’s Gospel Brunch with a Twist. (Photo: © Jim Flynn/Courtesy Gruene Hall)

Naegelin’s Bakery in New Braunfels

Baker Frankie Alvarado shows off a pie with employee Della Pantermuehl, who has worked at Naegelin’s for almost four decades.

I push open the weathered

The Drive-In is Back

A scene from Ennis’ Galaxy Drive-In

Just after sunset under a wide-open Texas sky, a colossal outdoor movie screen towers over a sea of cars. In the fading light, the glow of