Jonny Goodday featured/Facebook cover about the Atlas Missile Museum of Texas at Site 5 in Oplin, using original location imagery
At a former Atlas F site near Abilene, Bruce Townsley shares the unlikely chain of people and skills that helped turn a missile complex into a museum.
Back to Campus editorial cover comparing the school in 2025 with Michael Bates’s proposed vision for Mineral Wells old high school
Michael Bates shares a vision for Mineral Wells’ old high school: a community center, a senior campus, and a reason for former students to come back.
Editorial featured image of the surviving Swift & Company staircase in Fort Worth with the words Swift Legacy at Risk.
The surviving Swift & Company employee staircase and Victorian-era wall in the Fort Worth Stockyards have been named among the city’s most endangered historic places. See the photographs, watch the film and vote in the preservation poll.
Fort Worth Water Gardens with the headline The $6.5 Million Renewal Ahead
Fort Worth is preparing a $6.5 million renewal of its landmark Water Gardens, beginning with the systems that keep the Active Pool, lighting, landscape, and moving water alive.
The Baker Hotel tower in Mineral Wells, Texas, glowing in golden-hour light
Step inside the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells through Jonny Goodday’s photographs and films, tracing its 1929 opening, decades of silence, and restoration toward a planned 2028 return.
A flour mill, a famous trademark, and the restoration of the Texas Capitol’s Goddess of Liberty all meet at this hidden Wise County landmark.
Jeff Jones takes us inside the Texas Fire Museum, where antique engines return to life in a former Dallas Fire Department maintenance facility.

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