The Pinnacle building in Oak Hill was intended to be an office tower, but then the economy tanked and it was sold to Austin Community College.

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There’s expensive stuff, and then there are those things that just have value.

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El Camino Real de los Tejas is a National Historic Trail that traces back to before the start of Texas. The 2,600 miles stretch all the way from the Texas border to Natchitoches, Louisiana. Part of the historic trail runs right through San Marcos.

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We’re bringing our show back to the stage next month at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin.

Tickets available now at austintheatre.org

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Who doesn’t love a good treasure hunt? But is any of it real?

KUT’s Skye Seipp tries to find the X.

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We first met Yorkie Louie in 2020. Now, he’s leaving the dance floor — at least in Austin.

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The bizarre tale of completely made up stories about one of Austin’s oldest trees — and an even more bizarre tale that’s completely true.

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A traffic median can be anything you imagine. A field of green grass. A pedestal for a classic statue. Or a vegetable garden.

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You’ll find no signs for now — but that doesn’t mean you can drive as fast as you want.

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We spend a lot of time in Austin talking about how many new people move here. But most of us don’t talk much about the people who came before us — way before us. 

If you’ve ever taken a walk along Shoal Creek or gone to Barton Springs on a hot summer day, you’re doing something that people have done here for thousands of years. Because all of this was actually once — and in some ways still is — Indigenous land.

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