San Antonio, Texas Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in San Antonio and the surrounding area.
San Antonio is best known as the home of The Alamo, revered as a shrine to American heroism and Manifest Destiny even though all of its gun-toting defenders ended up as ashes in a casket elsewhere in the city. Pee Wee Herman visited San Antonio looking for the Alamo's basement (and was disappointed) but he was unaware of the city's many other highlights, including the Buckhorn Saloon, the sculptures of the late Bob "Daddy-O" Wade, and the World's Largest Cowboy Boots.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
World's Largest Cowboy Boots
San Antonio, Texas
The World's Largest Cowboy Boots are ready to kick s**t at the North Star Mall.
Buckhorn Saloon, Museum, and Texas Ranger Museum
San Antonio, Texas
See the Teddy Roosevelt chair made of 62 pairs of buffalo horns, and the 4,000-antler chandelier.
Cascade Caverns
Boerne, Texas
Open since 1932. Take a 45 minute stroll through the underworld of Texas -- just past the one-of-a-kind dinosaur in the parking lot.
Ashes of the Alamo Dead
San Antonio, Texas
Casket contains the remains of the immortal dead defenders who were subsequently incinerated in a Mexican bonfire.
The Grotto
San Antonio, Texas
Sculpted in tons of cement in 2009 by artist Carlos Cortes. Fake stalagmites and stalactites, real waterfalls, and unsettling open-mouthed heads.
In and Around San Antonio
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Texas attractions.
- San Antonio: The Grotto
- San Antonio: World's Largest Cowboy Boots
- San Antonio: Ashes of the Alamo Dead
- San Antonio: Giant Chrome Lenin Head [tips]
- San Antonio: Buckhorn Saloon, Museum, and Texas Ranger Museum
- San Antonio: Giant Day of the Dead Skeleton [tips]
- San Antonio: Alamo Bodies Burned Nearby [tips]
- San Antonio: The Line in the Sand, Bronzed [tips]
- San Antonio: The Alamo [tips]
- San Antonio: Korean War Foxhole
- San Antonio: Frank's Hog Stand, Inside a Pig [tips]
- San Antonio: World's Largest Virgin Mary Mosaic [tips]
- San Antonio: 1920s Miniature Golf Course [tips]
- San Antonio: Mosaic Accordion Maestro
- Alamo Heights: JFK's Happy Texas Motorcade
- San Antonio: Junk Yard Dog
- San Antonio: Alamo Replica in an Office Park
- San Antonio: Monster Mini Golf [tips]
- San Antonio: Tom Slick's Nessie [tips]
- San Antonio: Ghostly Gravity Hill [tips]
- Leon Valley: Mike Nesmith Street [tips]
