Residence Inn by Marriott - Corpus Christi, TX

Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Unusual sculptures include a once nude cheerleader in Gene's yard, and a huge dinosaur on a hill above US 60.

You have to be highly motivated to drive all the way down to Lajitas, but where else can you see a beer-drinking goat?

Nutty claim to fame solidified by a statue on the courthouse lawn. But it's not the largest pecan...
~127 miles from Corpus Christi.

Big strawberries and strawberry art can be found around this small town, which holds an annual strawberry festival.
~112 miles from Corpus Christi.

There are a lot of big statues in America, but this one is really, really big.

Must-see attraction for anyone with a sense of adventure, a tolerance for bad smells, and no small children.

Faithful, roughly three-quarter-size, replica of the Druid original in England. Why it was built is, well, a mystery.
~198 miles from Corpus Christi.

The skull and hide of an elephant that went berserk in 1929 are preserved in Carmack Watkins' personal museum.

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