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The O. P. Pyle House
Story and Photography by Sarah Naron Dr. Heidi Hoke, PhDHH, ND, CHt., and her husband, David, reside in a home in Mineola which has been in her family for nearly 50 years. Built in the early 1900s, the home was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1982....

Haunted Hotels across Texas
If goosebumps crawling up your arms makes you teem with excitement then pack your bags for a ghostly getaway. With haunted hotels dotting the Texas landscape from the beach to Big D, find a variety of phantasms. Sip cocktails with the manifestation of a former...

The Killough Massacre
Story and Photography by Sarah Naron Nestled at the end of a quiet country road in Cherokee County is a small cemetery with a stone obelisk looming in its center. Those interred here are members of the Killough family, but the location is far from being just your...

Texas Forest Country Retreat Preserves Manning History
Story by Sarah Naron Walking through the spacious acreage surrounding the Mansion on Sawmill Lake at Texas Forest Country Retreat, it seems surreal to realize that the area was once home to Angelina County's second-largest town. That town, which was named Manning in...