For its part, Port Aransas is an increasingly upscale beach community ... through Angleton and Bay City. Nearby on Matagorda Bay is Indianola, a town with buckets of Texas history.

Popular Texas beaches are contaminated with high levels of fecal bacteria, making them potentially unsafe for swimming, according to a new report.(Eric Gay / AP) Some popular Texas beaches are ...

Unlike other beach towns in Texas, Matagorda Bay is sleepy. You won’t find crowds, buzzing bars, and traffic here; instead, you’ll encounter wide-open stretches of sand, tiny mom-and-pop ...