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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Granbury, Texas: John Wilkes Booth did not die! Murals

Paintings that depict a post-Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth line the walls of the Nutshell restaurant.
~20 miles from Weatherford.

Fort Worth, Texas: World's Second Oldest Continuously Burning Lightbulb

Long-lived "Light Bulb Methuselah" was first screwed in at a local opera house in 1908. When the theater was demolished in 1977 the bulb was carefully moved and plugged in at the Stockyards Museum.
~28 miles from Weatherford.

Aurora, Texas: Space Alien Pilot Buried Here

Cemetery where a crash-landed 19th century space alien is purported to be buried. Bonus: the grave of "Loreta The World's Talking Bird."
~29 miles from Weatherford.

Decatur, Texas: Petrified Wood Gas Station, Cafe, Motel

The businesses have changed, but a cluster of vintage buildings paneled with petrified wood still stand.
~37 miles from Weatherford.

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