… through my hometown of Lewisville, Texas I was struck by my failure to bring the camera with me. Normally, I take my Canon everywhere I...

The new issue of D Magazine posits 119 reasons why it loves Dallas. Some of the reasons were a little on lopsided – for example, the...

I have to admit that I absolutely HATED school, back when I was forced to go. I honestly believed that the worst invention in history had...

David (my son) and I have become very fond of the show Ghost Adventures, which airs every Friday night at 8 pm (CST) on the Travel...

Studs Terkel died on October 31, 2008. He was and still is one of the most influential writer/historians I’ve come across, and I’d like...

Lately, I have been getting what Laura Ingalls Wilder called “itchy feet:” I’m just so itching to get out of the house and explore...

Texas history in my lil' ol' yard! I lucked out the other day. As I was rooting around on Craig’s List, trying to find cheap bricks to...

Image above is of Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon in the United States and the birthplace of the Red River. It is located...

This old plantation store between Shreveport and Natchitoches, Louisiana, is where sharecroppers, who were paid with scrip, would buy...

The Rock Island Depot along the trail at Fort Richardson State Park I wouldn’t call myself a real cyclist – I don’t wear spandex (Lord...

One of the archeologists at the Gault Site explains carvings found in the sandstone. This past weekend I attended a three day class...

The tiled floor peaks out from underneath the asphalt of a parking lot in downtown Dallas reminds me of what has been lost. Passenger...

I took a couple of roadtrips this past weekend. My road trips are usually local – I don’t drive very far because I like to know where I...

A crowd strains its collective neck to watch the last public hanging at the jail in Denton, Texas (the jail is no longer there,...