Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

A slim looming cowboy giant, standing here since 1959. Deteriorating, but preservationists may yet save him!

Hidalgo celebrates its unusual distinction of being the spot where killer bees first illegally crossed from Mexico into the U.S.

A 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.

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

The World's Largest Cowboy Boots are ready to kick s**t at the North Star Mall.
~147 miles from Sonora.

Big dino statues from the 1964 NY World's Fair stand near a riverbed full of authentic dinosaur footprints.

Rural Texas town celebrates its watermelon industry with an annual festival and a year-'round majestic 'melon water tower.
~190 miles from Sonora.

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