History

Whether you wander down on a whim, make a plan to meet a friend, or want to hang with the entire family, 'Hit the Bricks' has something almost anyone could dig.

Small towns in Texas have their fair share of strange histories, and this tale of a grave in the middle of the road is one of family and determination.

The Texas State Board of Education recently voted to drop several key figures from history curriculum. Learn what changed and what stays the same.

We're so used to hearing town names like Marfa and Waxahachie in Texas that they don't even sound weird anymore. Those are definitely real. What about Noodle and Sponge? Real Texas towns, or fake?

Over 100 years ago, children in Tyler wrote to the editor and some would get to see their letter to Santa.

The American Pickers team of Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz will be in the Lone Star State in December and January.

These days we might look off to the side of I-20 and see cows and horses, but Texas wildlife managers say dinosaurs used to roam those same pastures.

The stories of witches goes back as far as biblical times. But these were based on stories and myths. But there is a part of history of how real women became known as witches for just being a simple merchant.

East Texas has its share of hidden treasures, and this is another intriguing link to history that's easy to miss.  Can you spot the 'ghost mural' at this old soda bottling plant?
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Headed to the coast this summer? Don't miss visiting one America's finest homes in Galveston, Bishop's Palace. Which also happens to be haunted.

My dad is a US Navy veteran, and he's committed to flying the US flag several days each year.  He hits the obvious ones like Memorial Day and the 4th of July, but the most important day to him might be June 14th.

While everyone in the lone star state can point to the state flower out of a lineup, not everyone knows when the bluebonnet was proclaimed the state flower.