Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Ornate county courthouse, dwarfing the surrounding town, and decorated with carved, contorted stone faces that are part of a legend.
~29 miles from Hillsboro.

Monument topped by a small biplane sculpture marks the spot where an early 20th century pop superstar fell from the sky.
~50 miles from Hillsboro.

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.
~55 miles from Hillsboro.

Paintings that depict a post-Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth line the walls of the Nutshell restaurant.
~50 miles from Hillsboro.

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