For more than 135 years, people have reported strange lights above the horizon in Marfa, Texas. No-one knows exactly what they are, and that’s what makes them so captivating. Video by Eliot Stein.

There are places all around the world that experience mysterious lights. From Marfa, Texas to the Hessdalen valley in Norway to Thailand, some so regularly that entire festivals are held around them.

The folks at Far and Wide set out to find the Coolest Small Towns in America. While Texas could certainly make an argument ...

There’s no way to predict when or where the lights will appear, but the glowing orbs generally form fewer than 30 times a year, usually just after the sun sets or rises. Robert Pohl, author and ...

The small Texas town of Marfa is located in a wide ... Happily, such mundane explanations have not stopped the annual Marfa Lights Festival, with its music, competitions, and other events.