Cycling the Rio Grande as Trump’s Wall Looms
“We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe, and you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about.”
Insects All Around Us
Exploring the foliage for crawling, flying critters in one of Austin’s most beautiful nature preserves.
Ghosts from Texas’ Past
Dispatch from a haunted—and historically fraught—building in Austin
The Hill Country’s Lost Utopia
Searching for an egalitarian society in this red state
200,000 Steps on the Lone Star Hiking Trail
This 96-mile journey from Richards to Cleveland offers respite from the pandemic and urban sprawl.
The Texas Observer Lives!
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
Learning from the Dead
The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.
Meditations on Life and Death at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
The 1971 temple to art and contemplation is still revealing its magic to visitors.
A Subdivision for Stargazers: Limpia Crossing Residents Look Aloft
In this tiny subdivision in the Davis Mountains near McDonald Observatory, dark skies are a precious resource.
Time Traveling in a Glass-Bottomed Boat
In Edwards Aquifer country, as goes the blind salamander, so go we all.