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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

John Milkovisch drank 39,000 cans of beer, then decorated his house with the empties.

Blarney Stone and Irish-themed town of Shamrock, Texas.

Motel with rooms inside Indian teepee-shaped buildings -- restored and opened in late 2006.

This is the place that you thought only existed in a Simpson's episode. If you can eat its 72 oz. steak with fixins, you get it for free.

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!"

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.

World's Largest Cowboy Boots are ready to kick s**t at the North Star Mall.

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