A section of a buried, centuries-old wall footing, once part of a protective perimeter surrounding Mission Concepción, was hit by heavy equipment last week during construction of a controversial ...

Mission San Juan is one of five 18th-century missions in San Antonio, including the Alamo, that may soon have the World Heritage Site recognition. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay / AP ...

A trip to San Antonio isn’t complete unless you sample its Tex-Mex along the Riverwalk and visit at least one of the missions ...

The storied San Antonio missions, including the Alamo, were built as the Spanish Empire expanded its dominion northward and later served as focal points in the war for Texas' independence. They ...

After digging about five feet below the flagstone floor surface, Raba Kistner teams found what they believe is the base of the Long Barrack’s original mission-era west wall, the oldest intact ...

SAN ANTONIO – A small treasure of broken pottery, rosary beads and other simple items could mark the site of the city's earliest Spanish mission, dating back 300 years. Archaeologists have found ...

The Twig Book Shop // Bone up on San Antonio history as you peruse the extensive selection of Texana titles, like Alamo to Espada: A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio’s Spanish Missions ...

After 164 years, what more is there to say about (or see at) the old mission church in downtown San Antonio? ... The post office was built over the site of the Alamo’s north wall, ...

“You can go to hell … I’m going to Texas,” Davy Crockett said. It’s a sentiment shared by anyone fleeing rut and routine for the romance and myth of the Lone Star Stat… ...

Lay of the Land: The five mission complexes that make up the newly designated World Heritage site are spread across San Antonio, two to three miles apart, north to south, along the San Antonio River.

Archaeologists conducting investigative digs in Alamo Plaza on Monday reported uncovering part of an adobe wall, a link to the Spanish colonial period, in the southwest corner of the plaza.

The Alamo is in the heart of downtown San Antonio, just a block from the city’s famed River Walk, a 15-mile urban waterway, stretches of which are lined with restaurants, bars and shops. More in ...