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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Terlingua, Texas: Clay Henry - Famous Beer-Drinking Dead Goat

Clay Henry, who died in 1992, has been stuffed and mounted in the act of doing what he did best: chugging a Lone Star beer.

Shamrock, Texas: Blarney Stone

The magical Stone -- sort of an ugly cylinder painted green -- is the cultural heart of the town of Shamrock.

Seguin, Texas: World's Second Largest Pecan

Nutty claim to fame made real by a statue on the courthouse lawn. It once was the world's largest.
~126 miles from Aransas Pass.

Dilley, Texas: Statue of Half-Eaten Watermelon

A statue of a half-eaten watermelon in the city center signifies Dilley's rep as the Watermelon Capital of Texas.
~135 miles from Aransas Pass.

Gainesville, Texas: Glenn Goode's Big People

Multiple fiberglass giants, owned by Glenn Goode the self-titled Fiberglass Man, stand in a line on his property.

Glen Rose, Texas: Creation Evidence Museum

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

San Antonio, Texas: Buckhorn Saloon and Museum

Treasure-filled freak show -- "Five Museums in One" it boasts -- acquiring stuffed animals, horn and antler art, and weird wonders since the 1880s. Enjoy a beer while you admire a cathedral made of 50,000 matchsticks or an 8-legged, 3-eared lamb.
~134 miles from Aransas Pass.

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