TERLINGUA, Texas — The "Terlingua Ghost Town": abandoned homes and ruins make it seem as if the residents here just got up and left. At one point, Terlingua had a population of 2,000 people, back when ...

Want to camp under the stars, enclosed by mountains, with the sounds of the Rio Grande River putting you to sleep? Terlingua, Texas is the place to go. In fact, it’s the No. 2 place in the U.S. for RV ...

Terlingua sits in the middle of the Texas desert like a forgotten treasure waiting to be discovered. This old mining town turned ghost town offers way more than crumbling buildings and dusty roads.

TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a park and later sold in an online auction is now on display at a golf resort in West Texas. The ...

TERLINGUA, Texas, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Terlingua International Chili Championship -- the cook-off which began as a playful gag and has evolved into a world-class cooking event and a legendary ...

A version of this story ran in the September / October 2021 issue. W. Chase Peeler, a researcher who studies music cultures, headed to the farthest corner of West Texas in 2013 to find a remote region ...

The American West is sprinkled with ghost towns from bygone boom-and-bust eras. In the mid-19th and early-20th centuries, towns popped up quickly to accommodate prospectors and new industries, with ...

A plume of dust trailed the pickup truck that drove through a maze of caliche roads. The driver and passenger were familiar with the route. Rick and Georganne Bradbury, husband and wife, have ...

TERLINGUA, Texas—On a scalding May afternoon, it’s not easy to see how Carroll Shelby saw dollar signs between the stubby cacti nestled among the yellow rocks. Summer arrives earlier in West Texas ...

TERLINGUA, Texas — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a park and later sold in an online auction is now on display at a golf resort in West Texas. The ...