Last year the world recorded over 2.2 billion lightning strikes, a shocking study shows. One Texas city was deemed the ...

The young city was marketed as a promising trade hub and an ideal location for the capital due to its access to water via Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay. Texas’ first capitol building was ...

Founded in 1836 by the Allen brothers, Houston had become Texas’ most populous city and a major conduit behind its booming economy within a century of its establishment. Many of the richest ...