Days Inn - Port Aransas, TX

Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

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

Motel with rooms inside Indian teepee-shaped buildings -- restored and opened in late 2006.
~121 miles from Port Aransas.

Is it possible to cheat death -- at least for a little while? Scientists say "No!" but an embalmed lizard in Texas seems to say "Yes!"

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.
~143 miles from Port Aransas.

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.

Vince Hannemann's backyard folk art environment, built because he thinks it's fun.
~171 miles from Port Aransas.

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

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