Must-see attractions in East Texas

The tastings of the sweet and spicy honey wines at Rohan Meadery may be for adults, but there is a picnic area outside for families to enjoy. You can also…

The Angelina National Forest has the Sawmill Hiking Trail, a 5½-mile-long gem along the Neches River. For the area’s best boating and fishing, head to the…

Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo's 1789 stone house subsequently served as a grocery store, a saloon and a fortification. Exhibits in the reconstructed 'fort'…

Eight miles northeast of town, spring smells awfully sweet at this flower farm. Here you can picnic, roam the fields and cut your own lavender – or shop…

Less than 2 miles north of town you and the little ones can take a hay ride, milk a cow and otherwise learn all about family farming. A shop sells fresh…

The beer hall at Houston's most famous craft brewery overlooks the production area and is freely open for drinking and eating. Tours are usually offered…

Learn everything and more you ever wanted to know about growing cotton locally at this well-organized museum. Twice-daily 90-minute tours really get at…

One of Houston's epicenters of what's cool, new and cutting edge. Immerse yourself in ongoing special exhibitions at a museum whose strength is its lack…

Browse the exhibits about the radio and silver screen star Tex Ritter, and other legends of Texas country, then sit back and listen to them sing from the…

The old-school Texas town of Bryan claims bragging rights to the state’s oldest Carnegie Library (1903). Its classic columned facade is a downtown Bryan…

This lovely little vineyard in the country has several well-regarded wines, including a much-lauded Blanc du Bois. Three to four tours are offered on…

This was originally the home of the last president of the Republic of Texas. Today costumed docents, and real sheep and cows, recreate farm life in the…

Once home in the 1930s to the world's densest collection of oil derricks, this downtown park now has one of the originals plus 36 replicas.

Future surgeons will like checking out the huge organs on display in this very interactive museum. Other exhibits explain DNA and more.

Two miles northeast of town, taste the Barn Red, a rich berry blend, from these ranch vineyards.

This often-missed gem traces the history of printing from its advent until the early newspaper era. Rare and unusual printed works include the Dharani…

Rail baron Jay Gould once offered to bring the railroad to Jefferson, but the town (inauspiciously) turned him down, deciding to bet its future on river…

While some locals roll their eyes at the reputation of elite Rice University as ‘the Harvard of Texas,’ as more than one Texan told us, ‘It ain’t braggin’…