SAN ANTONIO − During a recent road trip to this beguiling Texas city, I spent a considerable amount of time in churches. Most were Catholic churches, of course, since San Antonio's origins revolved ...

Mission Dolores was one of the most important Spanish missions in Texas for nearly 50 years. Today it's a state historic site in San Augustine, but you'll have to use your imagination to see what the ...

DOUGLASS — Hundreds of professional and amateur archeologists excavated and explored the site of the first permanent settlement of 18th century Spanish explorers and missionaries in East Texas this ...

On Saturday July 9th of 2016, Nacogdoches will celebrate the Tricentennial of the dedication of a Spanish mission called “Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe” for the Nacogdoches Indians. Unlike the previous ...

Thursday marks the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, where the Mexican army's rout of Texas revolutionaries would later inspire the fateful defeat of Mexican forces under the battle cry ...

In this "From the Archives" series — subtitled in jest "20,000 Years of Austin History in 20 Minutes" — we've introduced the concept for the series, and devoted one column to the arrival of humans in ...

SAN ANTONIO — Long before the Alamo became a military fort, it was a religious outpost of the Spanish Empire. Mission San Antonio de Valero, originally built upriver from its current location, was ...

Native Americans built the Alamo and hundreds of converts were buried there. Descendants are now fuming because Texas has rejected efforts to protect the site. The Alamo Church, part of the Alamo ...

There are 1,157 UNESCO World Heritage sites on the planet, including the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China and the San Antonio Missions. The five 18th-century complexes were awarded ...

SAN ANTONIO — Renowned Western artist Donald Yena has a hard time picking his favorite item among the more than 400 Spanish mission-era tools, weapons and other artifacts he and his wife have ...

A retired San Antonio executive has listed his Terrell Hills mansion, which looks like a sprawling Spanish mission and boasts architectural details imported from Europe, India and other parts of Asia.