Start your morning off with breakfast at the 24-hour Magnolia Cafe with a cozy vinyl booth and a steaming mug of coffee…
Austin 2015
I love seeking out strange, long-forgotten pieces of history, especially when I’m visiting somewhere new, and my trip to Austin was no different. Granted there are lots of things that “keep Austin weird,” but I was focused on its remaining moon towers…
Everything is bigger in Texas, right? And near Austin, that includes Round Rock Donuts…
When we first started planning our road trip to Austin, one of the things I was most excited to see was the city’s thriving street art scene. Growing up in Chicago, I’ve always had a certain fascination with graffiti and various types of unexpected public art. So, along with a few World’s Largest things, we made stopping at some local street art favorites a priority during our May trip south…
When we first started planning our trip to Austin, one of the things I was most excited to see was the city’s vibrant street art scene. And if there’s one place that’s the mecca of Austin street art, it’s the Hope Outdoor Gallery…
As children of the Midwest, none of us are particularly accustomed to mountains, or really any sort of substantial elevation. So when we spotted a scenic lookout point—called a turnout in Oklahoma—we couldn’t resist pulling off the highway for a glimpse of the Arbuckle Mountains…
All I could think as we wandered inside was how perfectly the word “serenity” describes this place…
For a number of reasons, Kansas doesn’t seem like the most logical location to find the oldest continually operating movie theater in the world. But when we realized the city of Ottawa was just off I-35 on our way to Austin, I knew we’d be making a stop…
With a population of roughly 12,400, Ottawa is still (surprisingly) considered a part of the Kansas City metro but, even so, probably doesn’t seem like your typical road trip destination…