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Amarillo, Texas Attractions

Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Amarillo and the surrounding area. It's the bustling hub of the Texas panhandle, where travelers watch for cowboys, enjoy indecently huge steaks, swim in pools shaped like the Lone Star State, and admire half-buried cars and other monumental (and mirthful) artworks of the Plains.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

  • Cadillac Ranch

    Cadillac Ranch

    Amarillo, Texas

    Is it just a line of ten junker Cadillacs buried nose-down in a littered, dusty farm field -- or is it art?

  • Big Texan Steak Ranch

    Big Texan Steak Ranch

    Amarillo, Texas

    Competitive Eating Heritage Trail: swallow a 72-oz. steak in an hour and it's free!

  • Tex Randall, Big Texan

    Tex Randall, Big Texan

    Canyon, Texas

    Lanky, slouching cowboy giant, standing since 1959.

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