Days Inn - Del Rio, 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.

Granbury is where America's most notorious outlaws came to die -- because they didn't die the first time.

For over 30 years Barney Smith, master plumber, has turned toilet seats into works of art. He works in his garage, and he loves visitors.
~146 miles from Del Rio.

Four Muffler Men owned by Glenn Goode, self-proclaimed Fiberglass Man, stand in rural Gainesville.

This is the home of "Old Sparky," the state's retired electric chair.

Faithful, roughly three-quarter-size, replica of the Druid original in England. Why it was built is, well, a mystery.
~103 miles from Del Rio.

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

Big dinosaur statues near a riverbed full of authentic dinosaur footprints.

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