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Texas Offbeat Attraction Map

RoadsideAmerica.com's map of Texas's unusual tourist attractions, museums, and landmarks.

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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Stamford, Texas: Dinosaur Sculptures

Artist and mayor Johnny Anders made the 22-ft. tall T-Rex and other dinosaurs out of junk auto parts.
~36 miles from Merkel.

Snyder, Texas: White Buffalo Statue #3

A memorial to the oops-sorry-about-that shooting of a local sacred white buffalo. The newer (2001) downtown statue is in the courthouse square.
~56 miles from Merkel.

Cross Plains, Texas: Museum to the Creator of Conan the Barbarian

"The Father of Sword and Sorcery" lived (and died) in this little house on the prairie.
~55 miles from Merkel.

Snyder, Texas: White Buffalo Statue #1

A crumbling white buffalo statue stands at "White Buffalo Park," which marks the spot where the buffalo was shot.
~62 miles from Merkel.

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