Dallas, Texas Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Dallas and the surrounding area.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum
The Colony, Texas
The late Barney Smith's collection of 1,400 artwork toilet seats is displayed in the main building of a food truck beer garden that opened in 2019.
National Videogame Museum
Frisco, Texas
More than 100,000 artifacts. Play "Pong" on a giant retro-TV, learn about The Crash of 1983 on the Timeline of Consoles, recall countless hours frittered away on each platform.
World's 2nd Largest Ball of Barbed Wire
Grand Prairie, Texas
Rolled in Arizona by Lyle Lynch, the ball contains 16 miles of barbed wire wrapped around a silver dollar.
Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum
The Colony, Texas
Well into his 90s, retired plumber-turned-artist filled his garage museum with 1,400+ fanciful toilet lid artworks. Barney Smith's collection is now displayed in the main building of a food truck beer garden.
Unrequited Love Carvings
Waxahachie, Texas
Ornate county courthouse, dwarfing the surrounding town, and decorated with carved, contorted stone faces that are part of a legend.
In and Around Dallas
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Texas attractions.
- Frisco: National Videogame Museum
- The Colony: Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum
- Dallas: 30-Foot-Tall Eyeball [tips]
- Dallas: Golden Boy: AT&T's Embarrassing Mascot [tips]
- Dallas: Sit With Rosa Parks [tips]
- Dallas: Cancer Survivors Plaza [tips]
- Dallas: Cattle Drive Through Dallas [tips]
- Dallas: Perot Museum of Nature and Science [tips]
- Dallas: Kennedy Assassination Cenotaph
- Dallas: Big Neon Red Pegasus [tips]
- Dallas: Whites Only Drinking Fountain: Now It's Art [tips]
- Dallas: Statue of Pegasus [tips]
- Dallas: The Sixth Floor
- Dallas: Dealey Plaza
- Dallas: Robot Playing Guitar [tips]
- Dallas: Traveling Man: 38-Foot-Tall Robot Gumby [tips]
- Dallas: Big British Bowler Hat [tips]
- Dallas: Bronze Hands of the Famous [tips]
- Dallas: Big Longhorn Steer Statue [tips]
- Dallas: Man With a Glass Heart [tips]
- Dallas: The Woofus
