Galveston Island may be something of a resort town, but many of its beaches are as wild as they were centuries ago. Many shorebirds and waterfowl make their home here, as with much of coastal Texas, but Galveston has some special populations. Thousands of Black Terns settle themselves on San Luis Pa...

Food:Seafood and traditional American cuisine are the big food “genres” here, with seafood being the dominant one by a long stretch. Like much of Texan coastal food, the seafood has a distinctly Cajun flavor.Music:Galveston doesn’t have much of a live music scene, but it does have one. Much of the l...

Sure, ropes, spurs, steeds and steers may have played a part in the shaping of the Lone Star State, but these days you’ll find Texas a much more modern place. Mostly. If you know where to look, you just might find that your Texas vacation morphs into something a little more epic, more histor...

While many parts of the nation bundle up come winter months, the state of Texas stays comparably mild. Sure, in recent years there’s the occasional surprise snow flurry here and there, but that should do nothing to deter you from putting this Gulf Coast state down on your list of places to b...