Travel & Outdoors

Open Road

A Texan Family Treks Through Scotland

Exploring wide open spaces and keeping an eye out for Nessie.

04/24/2018 By Claudia Kolker

Pay Respect

How to Celebrate the Life of Barbara Bush in Houston

Where and how to honor Barbara Bush this weekend.

04/19/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Friendly Skies?

United Airlines Food Workers Protest at IAH

The food service employees are fighting for a higher minimum wage.

04/19/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Bad Business

19 Houston Businesses Cited in Illegal Fish Trade Crackdown

Local businesses took the bait in a Texas Parks and Wildlife sting.

04/18/2018 By Cory Garcia

Mean Green

The Houston Botanic Garden's First Phase is Underway: Here's the Low Down

There will be 120 acres of botanical beauty between downtown and Hobby.

04/18/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Late Night Bites

On the Road: New Orleans By Night at Cafe Du Monde

Everyone should visit Cafe Du Monde after dark.

04/13/2018 By Cory Garcia

Tooth or Friction

Dentistry in Mexico: Is It Really Worth The Trip?

Inexpensive dental care? Yes, it exists.

04/11/2018 By Bill Wiatrak

Quack Attack

This Rare Duck Is Drawing Birders to the Katy Prairie

Behold the Eurasian Wigeon, a temporary Katy resident.

04/11/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Get Out

An Interactive Alice In Wonderland Sculpture Arrives at Evelyn's Park

Bring a picnic and join Alice's tea party.

04/06/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Good To Know

DIY Safari: How to Visit Africa on a Budget

Yes, you can visit Africa without spending your life savings.

04/04/2018 By Bill Wiatrak

Green Space

A New Park Is Heading to Downtown Houston in 2020

South downtown may very well get its own Discovery Green.

04/02/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Swanky Things

Which of These Luxurious Hotel Revamps Is Right For You?

Notable hotel renovations in Texas, Vegas, and the Big Easy.

03/29/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Hit The Road

Las Vegas to Arizona: It May Just Be the Best American Road Trip

Crested buttes, spiritual Navajo lands and even an ostrich.

03/26/2018 By Bill Wiatrak

Yippee Ki Yay

Visiting Tombstone, Arizona: Git Your Cowboy On!

Gun slingers still haunt this Old Western town.

03/23/2018 By Bill Wiatrak

Hit The Road

Move Over McGowen Container House, Round Top Has a Shipping Container Hotel

Reduce, reuse, recycle: the sleeping quarters edition.

03/23/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Get Out

Buffalo Bayou's East Sector Debuts Cool New Public Art in April

UH students and Buffalo Bayou team up for East Sector art.

03/19/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Take Flight

Are These the Best and Worst Airlines?

Southwest and Alaska Airlines top a new Consumer Reports survey.

03/16/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Kid Approved

Houston's Most Unique Summer Day Camps

From fencing to candle making, these summer camps rule.

03/14/2018 By Sarah Gish

Very Bad Things

Another United Flight Out of Houston Just Killed a Dog

A passenger's puppy died after she was ordered to stow it in an overhead bin.

03/14/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

These Violent Delights

Would You Take a Westworld Themed Vacation?

Westworld superfans might just delight in this luxurious package.

03/13/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

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