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I like to think I am a well-traveled Texan, but until a couple of months ago, I had never been to the Houston Galleria. My previous trips to the Bayou [...]

Paddling a surfboard isn't easy with an AARP card in one hand and a Medicare card in the other. A stiff neck and bad lower back don't help either. But [...]

Leaning in, my friend Tamara whispered to our table of four: 'How many of these people do you think have houses in Marfa?' We were at Le Jardinier, the polished [...]

Just west of downtown Houston's towering high-rises, the Montrose district is an art and architecture lover's dream. Bound by Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby [...]

The King Ranch Main House is one of the most iconic homes in the state. For one hundred years, the private residence of the most powerful cattle family in history [...]

Byline: MEREDITH CAREY THE CULTURE CRUSH SEEKING ART (AND PHO) IN HOUSTON psdPHOTOGRAPH: RICHARD JAMES TAYLORThe Menil Drawing Institute exterior20 Despite being the largest metropolis in the state, Houston's always [...]

The season is in full swing, but don't fret if you didn't get a lease. Here are three game-rich locations open to the public. As the pandemic drags on and [...]

A great capital city, most everyone would agree, should be representative of the state or nation over which it presides. It should be preeminent not only in size but also [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's an old joke in America that you can always tell a Texan... but you can't tell him much. Outside of the US, the image is of big [...]

It's an old joke in America that you can always tell a Texan ... but you can't tell him much. Outside the US, the image is of big guys wearing [...]

As the fourth largest city in the US, Houston can pose challenges for visitors who don't want to spend most of their trip sitting in traffic, especially if you're not [...]

As the fourth largest city in the US, Houston can pose challenges for visitors who don't want to spend most of their trip sitting in traffic, especially if you're not [...]

THE CARIBBEAN SEMINAR FOUR OUR BEST CARIBBEAN YET. Come aboard NCL's Caribbean where eight different ships are ready to take your clients to exotic ports of call from the convenience [...]

The biggest oil strike the world has ever seen, when drillers hit a gusher on Spindletop Hill in Houston in 1901, is discussed. Oil was found elsewhere but Spindletop spewed 100,000 barrels a day and was called Texas Tea. Petroleum shaped the state's identity and vice versa.

Estates open to the public provide examples of how very wealthy people spent their money on art, architecture, and their lives. Travel information to Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA, was built by publisher William Randolph Hearst; Ima Hogg's estate in Houston, TX; and three estates in Wilmington, DE built by members of the Du Pont family is given.

I USED TO BE ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT I WAS BORN IN HOUSTON, that smelly, soulless, murder-plagued wasteland of strip malls. Not anymore. I've been converted, won over by the […]

Houston is as Texan as a longhorn steer. It's big and sprawling, covering 617 square miles--more than half the size of the state of Rhode Island. Named after a local […]

Byline: MATTHEW ODAM photographs by MICHAEL RUDIN We'll Have What They're Having The crew who turned Houston into a respectable drinking town take us out for a few rounds. 'Ten [...]

Numerous fitness spas for runners to fine-tune their lifestyles and reduce stress are profiled. Among the spas focused upon are Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona; Fontana Spa, Fontana, Wisconsin; and Green Valley Resort, St. George, Utah.

The Brazos Hills in Houston, TX attracts city people to stay for weekends because of its tranquil and rural scenery. Travelers could also visit the building where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed in 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park.

The offerings for runners visiting Houston, TX are varied and plentiful. Restaurants and hotels, one with a fitness center, are briefly described. Places to run include Memorial Park, Ho Chi Minh Trails, and Rice Univ Trail. Running clubs, athletic shoe stores, and a calendar of races are listed.

Texas is so big that a wide variety of vacation experiences can be had there. Things to see in do in Houston, Galveston, San Antonio and South Padre Island, just off the coast north of Mexico, are described.

Why here? Houston is in growth mode, with new hotels rising, new parks blooming, new restaurants welcoming diners and the convention district in the midst of an expansive redesign. As [...]

Houston, TX, tries to attract more convention visitors even as it has already been selected as the site of the Republican National Convention. With its 260-acre Astrodomain Complex housing the Astrodome, Astrohall and Astroarena and Expo Center, Houston has more than enough convention space for even the largest of gatherings. However, this bustling adopted hometown of George Bush has to invigorate its nightlife if it wants to become a more interesting destination for convention participants.

New York City and Houston, Texas, are large, metropolitan cities with surprising similarities. Political conventions will be held in the two cities, and participants in each will feel the general intensity of New York, and the slower pace of Houston.

There's an old joke in the US that you can always tell a Texan ... but you can't tell him much. The stereotypical image people have is of big guys [...]

IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG in Houston to realize that the beauty of the place is in the sky. The swamplands and fields that became the fourth-largest city in the country [...]

Why here? The district around the George R. Brown Convention Center has been revamped (see 'Next-Level Convention Centers,' page 29), a new headquarters hotel has opened and properties all around [...]

HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOODS Where to go (and stay and eat) on your next trip to H-Town. THE HEIGHTS Prepare to stay out late when you come to this low-rise district. It [...]

Byline: Mimi Swartz Photographs by Ian Allen The Next Boom In the oil-slicked '80s, Houston put up look-at-me skyscrapers and covered everything in car-friendly asphalt. But now, flush from a [...]

Byline: Phillip Lopate; Phillip Lopate Is The Author, Most Recently, Of At The End Of The Day: Selected Poems. Phillip Lopate sings the praises of a city peculiar, lonesome, Texan. [...]

Byline: BY ANDREW KNOWLTON PHOTOGRAPHS BY SHANNON O'HARA More than 90 languages are spoken by the diverse population of Houston, America's fourth-largest city. Houston, We Have Liftoff Killer banh mi, [...]

Byline: EDITOR: MARK HOLGATE TAKE ME HOME Shopping in local haunts where they grew up, two models are proud to show off their roots. Lindsey Wixson Wichita, KS I love [...]

Houston, TX, offers trade show, exhibition and convention attendees luxurious accommodations and spacious meeting facilities. Major meeting centers include the George R. Brown Convention Center, which has 770,500 sq ft of function space and 43 meeting rooms, and the Astrodomain Complex, which has 1.2 million sq ft of exhibit space and 27 meeting rooms. Major attractions include the Space Center Houston and Moody Garden's Rain forest Pyramid.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Home to a respected and energetic cultural arts scene, celebrated restaurants featuring flavors from 35 countries, the oldest African-American theater in the Southwest and the brains behind United [...]

It's no wonder Houston residents dine out an average of 4.2 times a week--more frequently than diners in any other city--according to a 2008 Zagat Survey. With more than 8,000 [...]

Byline: Reported by Eimear Lynch PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL THAD CARTER HOUSTON THE CURATOR: YASUFUMI NAKAMORI Texas ain't Tokyoand as one Museum of Fine Arts Houston photography curator (and Tokyo expat) [...]

Byline: Arnold, Catherine Houston Texas's largest city may be known more for space travel than adventure travel--after all, 'Houston' was the first word Neil Armstrong spoke from the moon. But [...]

FLY: Continental (continental.com) carries Texans to Montrose, Colorado, and back for $275 and up. RIDE: Call Telluride Express to book passage on the hourlong shuttle from Montrose to T-Ride ($82 [...]