San Antonio has plenty of places with ghost stories, old buildings, haunted legends, and creepy history. But it only had one bookstore fully built around horror. Now that store is getting ready to close. According to MySA, Ghoulish Books, a horror-centric bookstore on South St. Mary’s Street near César E. Chavez Boulevard, will close at…
A neighborhood dispute in Montgomery County escalated into the kind of scene nobody wants unfolding outside their home: gunfire, deputies, SWAT officers, people ordered to stay inside, and a teenager taken to the hospital. The shooting happened Saturday, May 23, in the Kings Colony area near New Caney. According to FOX 26 Houston, the Montgomery…
Texas has plenty of old stories, but this one is on a different timeline entirely. The Texas Science & Natural History Museum at the University of Texas at Austin is preparing to build a new home for fossilized dinosaur tracks that are about 113 million years old. These are not replica footprints, movie props, or…
A normal fishing trip on the Galveston seawall turned into the kind of wildlife moment most Texans will never see in person. A Houston angler was fishing from the Galveston Fishing Pier near 91st Street when he spotted something large and dark moving through the water. At first, it was not obvious what he was…
A Texas yard does not have to be perfect to be safe. Most homeowners are not trying to turn their property into a showroom. They are trying to keep the grass under control, keep the house in decent shape, give the kids or pets room to play, and maybe enjoy the patio without wondering what…
Heavy rain changes a Texas yard fast. One day, everything looks normal. The next, the ditch is full, the creek is moving hard, the backyard has standing water, and the flower beds look like they were rearranged overnight. After a big storm, most homeowners are thinking about roof leaks, fallen limbs, flooded streets, and whether…
South Padre Island has updated its animal rules, and the new ordinance draws a pretty clear line: no venomous snakes, no wild animals, no backyard tigers — but a few hens are allowed. It sounds like the setup to a strange Texas joke, but it is a real city ordinance. According to MySA, South Padre…
Texas softball already had plenty of drama on the field this week, but one of the strangest moments from the Women’s College World Series came from a story in the dugout. Freshman pitcher and utility player Hannah Wells became a viral topic after ESPN reporter Holly Rowe shared an unusual superstition during the Longhorns’ World…
Most graduation photos follow a familiar pattern. A cap. A gown. A nice campus background. Maybe a proud family member standing nearby. Maybe a pose with the diploma cover. Katalina Daley went in a very different direction. The recent McNeese State University graduate marked the moment by taking graduation photos with two massive alligators at…
The safest way to identify a snake is from a distance. That may sound obvious, but it is worth saying plainly. If you have to lean in, poke it, move closer, or try to see the shape of its eyes, you are already too close. Texas has a lot of snakes, and most of them…