The Talimena National Scenic Byway in southeastern Oklahoma is 54 miles long and shows great fall foliage. (Michael Ives/Ackerman McQueen) Troy Burleigh got off his motorcycle and took off his helmet ...

'COUNTLESS AND NAMELESS PEAKS': The 54-mile Talimena Scenic Byway meanders through the Winding Stair Mountains, with more than 20 scenic vistas and a network of trails. Credit: Courtesy Shane ...

I drove for hours to reach the Winding Stair Mountains in my quest for gold. These mountains are famed for hidden outlaw loot and a lost Spanish silver mine. But the gold I was seeking was to witness ...

East Texans give no shortage of grief to their northerly neighbors, the state of Oklahoma. (I was born an Okie and got here as quickly as I could.) But whether or not they admit it, many East Texans ...