City of Dreams

Finding Home a World Away: Europe

Five European immigrants share their stories.

03/02/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp, Jeff Balke, Timothy Malcolm, and Dianna Wray

Great Escapes

Germany Delights in Winter (and Every Other Season, Too)

From Michelin-starred eateries to centuries-old castles, Deutschland delivers year round.

01/06/2020 Photography by Janan Araujo-Siam

WWII Buffs

Chasing the Ghost of History, All the Way Across Europe

Would you track Hitler's beginning and end?

10/19/2018 By Bill Wiatrak

Restaurant Review

Welcome to the Neighborhood, Heights Bier Garten and King's BierHaus

Say prost at the—not one, but two— new German patio bars in the Heights.

10/02/2017 By Alice Levitt

Ice House

Why Is It Only Our Sixth-Annual Oktoberfest?

Little remains of the Bayou City’s German heritage, although remnants can be found.

08/21/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Open Road

Trading Places: Houston/Leipzig Edition

Would you swap your life in Houston for a month in Leipzig? Robb Walsh would.

11/03/2014 By Robb Walsh