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URBAN ADVENTURES

Exploring Timbergrove Park Apartments, Part II

Rambling through the interiors of dozens of abandoned apartments.

06/23/2014 By John Lomax

URBAN ADVENTURE

Exploring Timbergrove Park Apartments, Part One

Abandoned, spooky Timbergrove complex tells many a sad tale.

06/23/2014 By John Lomax

H-Town How-Not-To

The Art of Carry-On Packing

Five lessons learned the hard way.

06/17/2014 By Sarah Gabbart

Fauna

The Waugh Bridge's Dark Underside

Though not as famous as Austin's Congress Avenue bats, our own 250,000-strong colony is gaining visibility.

06/17/2014 By Emily Donaldson

TEXAS MUSIC TRAVELS

Get Ramblin', Man

Head to Austin for the Texas Heritage Songwriter's Association induction honoring Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, and Houston's own K.T. Oslin.

06/11/2014 By John Lomax

BIKING HOUSTON

Ridin' Dirty Volume V

The latest batch of shots we've taken (mostly) on our cycling trips around town.

06/09/2014 By John Lomax

Open Road

A Whirlwind Theater Weekend in New York City

Dispatches from a long weekend on Broadway

06/02/2014 By Scott Vogel

Summer Fitness

For Kids Playing Outdoors, a Heat Advisory

Remember: hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

06/02/2014 By Catherine Matusow

In-Town Travel

Take a Staycation: How to Spend 48 Hours in the Museum District

Ditch the car, grab your clubs, and come hungry

06/02/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

A Century of Green

Hermann Park at 100

With the wind at its back (and $115 million in the bank), Hermann Park looks to realize its planners’ original vision.

06/02/2014 By John Nova Lomax

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Air Travel

Scared of Flying? Face Your Phobia at Ellington Field

How one company, Flying Phobia Help, teaches you how to "model courage"—or at least fake it.

06/02/2014 By Melissa Jacobs

Newsfix

VIDEO: Bigfoot: Alive & Well and Living in Texas

Author Rob Riggs has been hunting Bigfoot for over 30 years, and he's finally found him — right here in Texas!

05/29/2014 By Dan Derozier

GEOGRAPHY OF HOUSTON

This Week In Neighborhood Names: The Deroloc Addition

Yes, it's "colored" spelled backwards, but it's probably not racist.

05/21/2014 By John Nova Lomax

H-TOWN WEIRDNESS

How Now Giant Dancing Cow? And Who?

Sorry for the Upworthy-style headline here, but...Chris Keeble was taking pictures of a mural in the First Ward, and what happened next will blow your mind. At least a little bit.

05/15/2014 By John Lomax Photography by Christopher Keeble

GIFT IDEAS

Houston Disassembled and Displayed

Minimalist map renders Houston into cuts of meat, neighborhood by neighborhood.

05/14/2014 By John Lomax

Hill Country Hiking

In Search of Higher Ground

Seeing Texas from such great heights — without the traffic — is not lost at Lost Maples.

05/08/2014 By Chris Abshire

Newsfix

Video: Road Trips for All, from Fast-Paced to Slow and Simple

How far away can you get on a single tank of gas? Newsfix investigates three road trip destinations near and far.

05/02/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

52 Road Trips

6 Artsy Road Trips

Love art? An embarrassment of cultural riches lies just a tank of gas away.

04/30/2014 By Michael Hardy

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Road Trips Back in Time

History buffs, these are for you.

04/30/2014 By John Lomax

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5 Road Trip Ideas for a Guys’ Weekend

Real men take road trips.

04/30/2014 By Peter Holley

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