Day Trips

"...The Vintage Flying Museum at Fort Worth's Meacham Airport preserves one of seven..."

April 4, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Toilet Seat Art Museum, San Antonio

Hundreds of commode covers become canvases for 97-year-old artist

"...Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum in San Antonio needs more toilet seats – embellished..."

June 8, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Buggy Barn Museum

A rest home for some Hollywood character actors

"...The Buggy Barn Museum in Blanco is the rest home for several Hollywood..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Shipbuilding in Port Aransas

"...brothers' former workshop and turned it into a maritime museum. In the back of the shop, behind a 1940s..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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The Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum tells the story of one the birthplaces of popular music

"...The Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum in Clovis, N.M., tells the story of one of..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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The PumpHouse Riverside Restaurant and Bar may be one of the best bird-watching spots in Texas

"...artistic center. The town is now home to seven museums, including the Museum of the Coastal Bend, with its..."

July 6, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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The Number 1 British Flying Training School Museum remembers a short period of time when a few acres of North Texas farmland became British soil

"...The Number 1 British Flying Training School Museum in Terrell remembers a short period of time when..."

June 1, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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The Ezekiel Airship flew into Texas mythology even if it didn't reach the record books

"...from the ceiling of the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum was built by the Pittsburg Optimist Club in 1987...."

Dec. 2, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Harvey Houses helped settle the West and were the travelers' best friend for 92 years

"...is now the Santa Fe Depot Railroad and Heritage Museum at 315 W. Avenue B, which includes a small..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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The Medford Collection of American Western Art fills the corridors of the Lufkin City Hall

"...of art," says J.P. McDonald, executive director of the Museum of East Texas in Lufkin. She worked with him..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame & Tex Ritter Museum honors and remembers state luminaries

"...Texas Country Music Hall of Fame & Tex Ritter Museum in Carthage reminds me of a merry-go-round. The amount..."

July 6, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Quanah Parker walked the stony road from nomadic Plains Indian to successful cattle rancher

"...is now an archeological dig conducted by the Panhandle-Plains Museum in Canyon and is open only by special tour...."

May 13, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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A beautiful area of Texas, Wharton County has hundreds of stories to tell

"...is now a part of the Wharton County Historical Museum down the road from the Teepee Motel. Opened in..."

May 7, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Check out the new poisonous fish exhibit at Fair Park in Dallas. Just don't touch!

"...the Amazon River, including the piranha, which are fed Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 2:30pm. The new shark tank..."

June 28, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...[Ed. note: This "Daytrips" was originally supposed to run in Vol. 18, No...."

July 23, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...Roland Bird, a fossil hunter for the New York Museum of Natural History, found a print for sale at..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...The courthouse in Waxahachie is the grandest of Texas..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...At Alamo Classic Car Museum and Showcase, "We got it all, Hupmobiles, REOs, and..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Grant Will Help Make Flower Hill House the Museum Family Hoped For

$30,000 Texas Historical Commission grant will help restore the home

"...its history in the hopes that it would one day become a home museum. The Flower Hill Foundation took..."

Nov. 27, 2023 News Post by Mae Lackey

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...are popping, making March a great time to go daytrippin’. The state added two new historic sites to its..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Spring is full of festivals and flowers

"...March begins on Fat Tuesday and finishes in the heart of wildflower season...."

March 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...like the community. In the first part of the day, from 5am to 2pm, Mexican food is served. Beginning..."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site, Goliad

State historic site remembers the hero of Cinco de Mayo

"...great mark in Mexican history. New exhibits in the museum honor the man who brought us the Cinco de..."

May 15, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Wright in Wisconsin

Wisconsin driving trail showcases architect’s diverse styles

"...532 were built. Wright’s artistic accomplishments include the Guggenheim Museum in New York, N.Y., the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo,..."

July 27, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Ruth Paine House Museum, Irving

At first it might seem rather macabre to visit the house where the accused Lee Harvey Oswald spent his last night of freedom

"...The Ruth Paine House Museum in Irving tells a little-known side story to the..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

“Dana Younger: Contemporary Figurative Works” at the Elisabet Ney Museum

This show of new clay-based sculptures contrasts smartly with Elisabet Ney’s marble statuary, and its breadth of style is stunning

"...Hyde Park's outstanding den of antiquity, the Elisabet Ney Museum...."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bullock Museum Scores Video Game Exhibit

"Pong to Pokémon" traces gaming's Texas ties and rapid evolution

"...When you go to the Bullock Texas State History Museum, you usually expect to encounter things like battle-scarred artifacts..."

July 28, 2017 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Drivin' the blues away

"...the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on selected Saturdays during the upcoming year. These mighty work horses are..."

Feb. 1, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Mexic-Arte Museum's "Community Altars"

Mexic-Arte shows the variety in celebrations of Día de los Muertos across Mexico's different regions

"...dynamic history of El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) through various regions of Mexico, Mexic-Arte..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

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Captain Daytrips visits the Webb Folk Art Gallery and Museum in Waxahachie.

"...The Webb Folk Art Gallery and Museum in Waxahachie proudly displays Venzl Zatoupil's masterpiece sculpture made..."

May 12, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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