There’s a kind of luck to keeping a friend over decades. Something like magic. But there are some things you can do to make your odds better.

Whether you prefer Robert Rodriguez films to those of Richard Linklater, or you'd rather watch Whip It over a rerun of Friday Night Lights, there's plenty to choose from when picking something to watch with an Austin connection.

In order to answer this ATXplained question, we enlisted the help of some paranormal experts. Watch the video if you dare.

An East Austin resident noticed someone dropping flour on the sidewalks and parks around the Boggy Creek Greenbelt. The markings were just plain dots of flour, but every once in a while, there'd be an X or an arrow or some other symbol.

The Longhorns have played almost 1,400 games total — many of them against other, closer universities that might satisfy that regional rivalry itch. Why is the itch so strong with Oklahoma?

The free pool in the Travis Heights neighborhood is about 80 degrees year-round, ideal for winter swimming.

Austin is not often associated with alligators. But gators do loom large in our local history.

The concert was so epic — and so messy — that if you remember it, maybe you weren’t really there.

Our question asker wondered who put it there and if it should be moved somewhere else. Jasper Johns has no connections to Texas. Who is this secret admirer?

Pet Rest had been around since the ’60s and was pretty well known. A few years ago, bulldozers showed up and it became a construction site.