History

On June 18, 1953, three neighbors saw something they couldn’t explain.

Here are some historic “firsts” about Houston that you might not remember (or never learned!) from school.

Houston loves being America’s Space City now, but do you know just how close it came to not having NASA’s …

Philanthropist Ima Hogg, most often called Miss Ima, was a lifelong patron of the arts, beginning to play piano at …

In 1922, Niels Esperson, an oil tycoon who called Houston home, died suddenly of a heart attack while on a …

Since Texas has been a part of the United States of America, Austin has been its lone capital.

In 1965, the Astrodome opened its doors, and Judy Garland was the first artist to perform in the arena.

Tucked within Houston’s eclectic history is the story of the Beer Can House, a quirky folk-art landmark that’s located in …

In 1836, Houston’s future hinged on a stroke of fate.

According to Atlas Obscura, one rural Arizona outpost is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited locale in the United …