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Mountain Trail Region Historic Cooking Classes in El Paso To-Do List: Make your favorite 19thcentury molasses cake at a cooking class hosted by the Magoffin… Details
Brazos Trail Region A Speakeasy in Downtown Bryan To-do list: Knock five times and you might gain entry to the speakeasy in the basement… Details
Pecos Trail Region The Black Seminole Scouts at Fort Clark To-do list: Repeat the 284-mile, nearly five-hour drive from Fort Clark deep into Big Bend National… Details
Forest Trail Region The Lucas Gusher in Beaumont To-do list: Hold on to your hats while water is pumped sky-high during regular reenactments of… Details
Forts Trail Region WASPs at Avenger Field in Sweetwater To-do list: Sit inside a replica of a BT-13A cockpit at the National WASP WWII Museum… Details
Independence Trail Region Emma Tenayuca and San Antonio City Hall To-do list: Raise your fists in the style of Emma Tenayuca, who on January 1, 1938…
Tropical Trail Region The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter in Port Isabel To-do list: Wander inside the only lighthouse in Texas open for climbing and think of the… Details
Hill Country Trail Region LBJ’s Ranch in Stonewall To-do list: Take a load off under the big live oak in front of President Lyndon… Details
Plains Trail Region Live Performances in Lubbock To-do list: Catch a performance at the Cactus Theater, opened in 1938 as a second-run motion… Details
Lakes Trail Region The Piccadilly Protest and the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum To-do list: Preserve and share stories, even after the places are gone. Details