Culture

Parades, live music and festive activities fill every nook and cranny of the small towns that hug Highway 290.

The garden — located an hour northwest of Houston in Hempstead, 43 minutes from Round Top — boasts more than 3,000 trees and plants, many of them rare and endangered.

Red Antler bungalows, a modern rendition of early Texas farmhouses, is open in Round Top, and you may never want to leave.

The new golf course dubbed The Covey will include 80-foot elevation changes, tree-lined fairways, natural running creeks and waterfalls.

Traveling pianists with the Howl at the Moon club of San Antonio led the fundraising efforts, collecting cash in exchange for sing-along performances.

This month will be a paradise for art lovers in the Round Top region with galleries, classes, live performances and more. There is also plenty of outdoor fun to be had.

The Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter has been saving furry lives for almost three decades.

The space was created as a sanctuary for visitors of all kinds in need of a place to escape the antiques shop-a-thon in favor of games, cocktails and conversation

Best known as the bucolic backdrop for the 1998 big-screen drama Hope Floats starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr., Smithville has been quietly undergoing a revival.