All posts by Max McNabb
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Max McNabb | April 1, 2019
300 Million Monarch Butterflies Coming to Texas: Get Your Camera Ready
Bluebonnets aren’t the only examples of beauty that Texas will experience in abundance this spring. After one of...
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Max McNabb | March 29, 2019
Bastrop Getting Aggressive About Trapping the Town’s Wild Chickens
The wild chickens that call Bastrop, Texas, their home are in the process of being relocated by city...
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Max McNabb | March 22, 2019
How Well Do You Know the Regions of Texas? Is This New Map Accurate?
Chet Garner, the host of the popular series "The Daytripper," recently made an Instagram post that has Texans...
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Max McNabb | March 22, 2019
Deer Park Petrochemical Fire Reignites: Black Smoke Billowing Again
The Deer Park petrochemical fire that originally started on Sunday, March 17, has ignited once again on Friday,...
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Max McNabb | March 18, 2019
Edible Cricket Snacks Coming to H-E-B in the Lone Star State
Would you try a bite of salted crickets? A highly-unusual protein bar is making its way to H-E-B...
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Max McNabb | March 18, 2019
Is this Painting in the Driskill Hotel Haunted by a Little Girl’s Ghost?
The stories told about the historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas, are as varied as its guests. It’s...
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Max McNabb | March 15, 2019
Tornado Strikes Junction, Texas: Path of Damage Down Main Street
A tornado struck the small Texas community of Junction on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Investigators for the US...
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Max McNabb | March 4, 2019
Actor Luke Perry Passes Away at Age 52: A Look at His Life and Career
Actor Luke Perry has passed away at only 52 years old, following a massive stroke. Perry gained worldwide...
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Max McNabb | February 7, 2019
How a Gunfight Earned Willie Nelson his Nickname of Shotgun Willie
Willie Nelson is a Texas music legend. Fans all over the world know his songs by heart, but...
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Max McNabb | February 7, 2019
The Beer Can House in this Texas City is World-famous Folk Art
When most people think of recycling empty beer cans, folk art isn’t quite what they have in mind....
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Max McNabb | February 6, 2019
The Free Range Exchange: Bringing New Health to Small-town Texas
A Texas mother's quest to find a cure for her son's illness led her to open a unique...
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Max McNabb | January 25, 2019
The Man Who Held a Dying Marfa Light on his Fingertip
This is the story of a minister who claimed he held a Marfa light on his fingertip while...
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Max McNabb | January 23, 2019
The Groovy Smell of Gravy: KFC Offering Gravy-scented Candle
Pour some gravy on us! As if chicken-scented yule logs and sausage-scented wrapping paper weren’t wild enough, you...
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Max McNabb | January 18, 2019
Dr Pepper Launches Petition to Become the Official Soft Drink of Texas
There’s no drink more ironically Texan than Dr Pepper, and if the Dr Pepper company has their way,...
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Max McNabb | January 16, 2019
The Monster Who was Real: Judge Holden of Texas, Scalp-hunting Giant
In all of fiction, there is perhaps no more horrifying, monstrous character than Judge Holden in Cormac McCarthy’s...
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Max McNabb | January 14, 2019
Truth or Texas Tall Tale: Can Horny Toads Shoot Blood Out of their Eyes?
Can horny toads really shoot blood out of their eyes, or is that just another Texas tall-tale about...
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Max McNabb | January 14, 2019
The Judgmental Map of Lubbock, Texas: Hilarious or Too Outrageous?
A “judgmental map” of Lubbock, Texas, is making the rounds on social media, causing more than a few...
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Max McNabb | January 11, 2019
Man in the Long Black Coat: Jim Miller, the Old West’s Deadliest Psycho
Deacon Jim Miller, the man in the long black coat, was the deadliest gunman of the Old West,...
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Max McNabb | January 11, 2019
Hank Hill or Cordell Walker? King of the Hill Vs. Walker, Texas Ranger
If you had to name the most iconic fictional Texan of all time, it would end up as...
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Max McNabb | January 10, 2019
Has the Origin of the Mysterious Marfa Lights Been Found at Last?
The mysterious Marfa Lights have been seen in west Texas since the 1840s. The strange, hovering orbs are...