High overhead, turkey vultures circled in the afternoon sky as we trekked across the rough limestone bedrock, sparsely pockmarked with water puddles and dry bunches of lovegrass. Paralleling us, stands of Ashe juniper and live oak–their gnarled roots dangling and exposed–clung to the tops of sheer cliff walls. Ahead of us, docent Susan Bogle, though she’s made the same hike countless times, still couldn’t contain her excitement as we approached what most of us had come to see for the f ...

At the southwest edge of the Texas Hill Country where the rolling hills start to flatten, lies a community that was born in 1881. Located in Medina County and serving as the county seat, Hondo, Texas is the home to almost 8,000 people who celebrate their community and invite others to do the same. Although the area is surrounded by farmland and hunting is a major industry, Hondo is also home to an airport that started as an Army airfield in 1942 and has evolved into a world-class facility th ...

FREDERICKSBURG—As the generations pass, the numbers of the Greatest Generation dwindle, but a few remain to tell their stories again. None of their descendants tire of the memories. Their time began in horrific fashion, pushed Americans into unmatched unification, and eventually saved civilization. Just over 70 years ago, December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy unleashed a devastating strike, where more than 350 bombers, fighters, and torpedo planes blasted and pulverized the U.S.