La Quinta - South Padre Island, TX

Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

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

Our rural milk-machines enjoy the most frequent cement and fiberglass tributes. Meet Moola the Cow.

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!"

Nutty claim to fame solidified by a statue on the courthouse lawn. But it's not the largest pecan...

A statue of a half-eaten watermelon in the city center commemorates Dilley's reputation as the Watermelon Capital of Texas.

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.

A museum that not only refutes the "theory" of evolution but proves that Man and Dinosaur walked the earth at the same time.

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