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TX Alamo Classic Car Museum & Bikes, N. of
San Antonio (I-35) TX.
TX Albany , TX
TX Atlanta, TX
TX Bangs, TX
TX Bayou Bob's Rattlesnake Ranch, I-20 near Weastherford, TX
TX Beer Can House, Houston TX More Info
TX Beverly Hills, TX
TX Blueberry T.W.O. Campground, Avinger, TX
TX Big Texas Steak Ranch ( 72 ounce, eat it all it is free )Amarillo, TX
TX Buckhorn Hall of Fame ( dedicated to animal horns including a 4,000 pound chandelier
from 4000 deer antlers, Lone Star Brewery, San Antonio, TX
TX Buddha, TX
TX Buddy Holly Statue, Lubbock, TX
TX Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, TX
TX Gage Hotel in Marathon, TX . Opened 1927 More Info
TX Carl's Corner, weird place, signs and dancing frogs on roof of gas station, Carl's
corner, TX
TX Chester Nimitz Museum Building, neat building, Fredricksburg, TX
TX China, TX
TX Coke, TX
TX Crockett Hotel, San Antonio, TX. Built 1909. TX
TX Cut and Shoot, TX
TX Deaf Smith, TX
TX Giant X Mas Tree made from deer horns, Junction, TX
TX Devil's Rope Museum. Great western museum as well as Rt 66. Worth a quick
stop. Mclean,TX
TX Eiffel Tower, Paris, TX
TX Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio, TX. Built in 1920's More Info
TX Dan Blocker ( Hoss Cartright ) Memorial Head, O'Donnell, TX.
TX Easter Egg Motel, great place to also stay, Terlingua, TX
TX Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, TX. Lots of wierd
stuff
TX Gene Cockrell's Roadside Sculptures, Canadian,TX
TX The Giant Art Guys, 14 feet, infront of Union Motor Company at the corner of Shepherd
and 22nd Street, Houston, TX
TX Giant Pair of Legs, between Amarillo & Canyon, TX
TX Giant Rocking Chair, outside the
Mexican Rocker Cafe, New Braufels, TX
TX Giant Shovel, outside the Lonestar Brewery, San
Antonio, TX
TX Giant Strawberry, Poteet,TX numerous giant strawbeeries so look around
TX Ghost town of Vega as well as the olf Vega Motel, TX
TX Grave of Tripod the Dog, 3 legged mascot at Sam houston State U. buried in center
of campus, Huntsville, TX
TX Gun Barrel City, TX
TX Gruene Hall, Texas' oldest Dance Hall (built in 1880's), Gruene, TX
TX Highest point on Texas highways (summit of Mt. Locke, 6791 feet) -
there is a sign at this location that says so.
TX Largest Cross in W Hemisphere, 190', outside Groom, TX
TX Leaning Water Tower across highway from Cross
TX Latin Town of "Nemo, TX".
TX Literary Town of Ramirez, TX.
TX Literary Town of Tarzan, TX
TX Los Ebanos Ferry, only existing hand powered ferry, USA to Mexico, Mission TX
TX Marfa ghost lights, Marfa, TX More info
TX Mission Control, Houston , TX
TX Moola the Cow, Stephenville, TX
TX Oatmeal Water Tower, Oatmeal, TX
TX Old Rip the Toad, buried alive for 31 yr. and lived,Eastland TX
TX Paisano Pete, 20'11" Roadrunner, Fort Stockton, TX
TX Popeye Statue, Crystal City,TX
TX Salt Palace, built from salt, Grand Saline, TX
TX Second deepest canyon in the N. America, Palo Duro Canyon,
TX Sierra de Cristo Rey, Christ of the Rockies, El paso, TX More
Info
TX Statue of Bob Willis, Texas Playboys, Turkey Texas
The Starlight Theater in the "ghost town" of Terlingua, Texas (near Big
Bend National Park). For more
info
TX Stonehenge in the Hills, 2 miles W of Hunt on FM 1340, Ingran County ,TX
TX Stop Again Service Station, Texarkana , Texas HIGHWAY 76 W.
TX Tex the giant Cowboy, Canyon, TX
TX The beer-drinking goat at the general store in Lajitas, Texas. See This Link
TX The Blarney Stone, Shamrock, TX For
more info
TX The Central Texas Museum of Automotive History in Rosanky, Texas. The museum is located on State Highway 304 about 1 mile northeast of
the intersection with Farm to Market Road 535.
TX The Pate Museum of Transportation, Cresson TX More Info
TX There is a Seminole Indian Scout cemetery, Bracketville, TX More Info
TX The wall outside the Study Butte mall, Study Butte, Texas. Local
businesses and artesans paint their ads on individual cinder blocks.
TX Town of Adrian, which claims itself to be the exact center of
Route 66, TX Look for the sign.
TX Town of Luckenbach, TX. Town is just a neat place out of the way and a
little hard to find. Made famous by the song by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
Town in it's entirety was bought by Hondo Crounch in 1970. You go there and
figure that one out.
TX Twin Butts, TX
TX Wink Sink Hole ("Kermit Crater") half way between Kermit & Wink, TX
TX World's Largest Fire Hydrant,the Fire Museum of Texas in Beaumont, TX. More Info
TX World's Largest Jackrabbit,Odessa, TX
TX World's Largest Killer Bee, Hidalgo, TX More Info
TX World's Largest Mule ( 22' high, 17' long ) Muleshoe Heritage Center, off US 84, Bailey
County TX
World's Largest Peanut, actually second largest to the GA peanut, Parsall, TX
TX World's Largest Pecan, Sequin, TX
TX World's Largest Road Runner,Ft. Stockton, TX
TX World's Largest Rattlesnake, Freer, TX
TX Weathered Town of Cyclone TX.
TX Wink, TX
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Driskill Hotel - the top floor is haunted by a playful ghost. Austin - Littlefield Home - the ghost of it's former owners still haunt this house. Dallas - Snuffers Restaurant - numerous people have seen this unidentified ghost. San Antonio - Brooks House - a ghost that smokes a pipe haunts this home. San Antionio - Haunted R R Crossing. The Haunted railroad tracks (RR crossing at the corners of Shane and Villamain Roads, just off of SE Loop 410). Ok, here's the story as I have gathered it from various people. A long time ago (and nobody seems to agree on how long ago) a busload of kids had a collison with a train as they tried to cross the tracks. They story is now, that if you stop your car on the eastern side of the tracks (on Shane road facing Villamain), and leave it in neutral, the ghosts of the children will push you across the tracks. The legend goes even further saying that if you cover your car with powder or flour, you will see the handprints of the children afterwards Waxahachie - The Catfish Plantation - supposed to be haunted by three ghosts. Waitresses and customers are always reporting strange things that happen--rude patrons having plates dumped on them, cold spots in the bathroom. Pictures have been taken that show a slender young woman in outline form. One is a farmer, one is an old woman who lived there, and one is a young girl who was murdered on her wedding day in the house. Supposedly a burglar attempted to burglarize the safe one night and seemed to leave in a hurry. Anson - Anson Lights - The story was covered by the television series Unsolved Mysteries about a year ago. Many residents from Anson and the near town of Abilene have gone to witness these phenomenal lights. My own father and sister witnessed these lights. The cemetery is located going towards the country. The lights are viewed by driving down the dirt farm road equivalent of about a half mile or more. As you drive closer to the cemetery towards the lights they disappear. As for the actual story for this occurrence, is unsolved. Local myth says that this light is the ghost of a mother carrying a lantern looking for her missing child. The child had left the house on cold winter day and was lost and froze to death. The mother's spirit still searches for her child. San Antonio - Victoria's Black Swan Inn - There have been numerous ghostly experiences. San Antonio Camberly Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, TX. Hotel site back to 1837, San Antonio Crockett Hotel, San Antonio, TX. Built 1909. San Antonio Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX. Built 1859. Near Alamo. More Info San Antonio - Shane and Villamain Roads - the spirits of children who were killed in a bus accident at the intersection push one's car off the tracks. This has been documents on film. Put your car in neutral and the cars will roll up hill and over the tracks. San Antonio - Menger Hotel - haunted by the spirit of a chambermaid who was killed there by her husband. San Antonio - Institute of Texas Culture - There are stories of pipe smoke (unexplained) being smelled there, footsteps near the audio/visual room, rearranged books in library, back of 1898 glass hearst being opened and other activity around it. San Antonio Victoria's Black Swan Inn, San Antonio, TX. Built 1901. More Info Galveston - UTMB campus - The
side of one of the buildings on the UTMB campus, Houston - Ale House Pub and Eatery - There have been numerous sightings and mischief here. beer mug's go sailing across the room, food plates being flipped up for no apparent reason. Customer's getting hit with thing's, one so bad that he files a lawsuit against the pub stating they were responsible for his injuries (of course it was thrown out). Sealy - Sealy High School - sounds of walking and doors opening and closing on the second floor, elevator operating by itself. San Antonio - The Alamo - Cold spots and a feeling of melancholy can be felt throughout the Fort. 189 Alamo defenders and at least 1200 Mexican soldiers fought and died here in San Antonio,many without the benefit of a proper burial leaving alot of lost souls in search of a eternal resting place,thus making San Antonio one of the most haunted cities in America. Houston - The old Downtown Libary Building - is said to have a ghost that plays a violin in the dead of night. Some say its the sprit of one of the old maintance man that worked there in the 20's & 30's. Houston - The Wunche Bros Cafe - In Spring, TX. Spring is really a portion of Houston on its north side. The building has served many purposes including rail station, brothel and restaurant. Many have seen an apparition of "Old Man Wunche" on the upstairs balcony. Several waitresses claimed to have seen him. Crosby - The Town of Crosby - This haunted neighborhood has been written about in the novel, "The Black Hope Horror". The neighborhood was constructed over an old slave cemetary and many of the residents were terrorized by the angry spirits that dwelled below. No one had a clue as to what was causing it until a couple, while digging a swimming pool, unearthed the remains of a couple who had been buried in their backyard. It is a story that is very similar to the movie "Poltergeist", but it is frighteningly real. Most of the activity is centered at the east end of Poppets Way and the side street that connects at the east end. According to the book, people would rent a house on the street and abruptly leave within a month...and this was a very regular occurence. College Station - The Campus of Texas A&M University - contains an Agriculture building that has a haunted elevator. Supposedly, the ghost involves the victim of a murder. San Antonio - The Menger Hotel - The bar where the cafe is now is haunted by T. Roosevelt Ruff Riders. Also people have know to leave in the middle of night after seeing Mr. King in the King's Ranch Room where he pasted away. San Antonio - Commanche Look-out Hill - Sourses say they have seen ghost of the men that were stationed at the fort. They also have reported that they have seen indians there. San Angelo - Angelo State University - The housing office and surrounding building is haunted by the spirit of a young co-ed who was murdered there in the 1970's by an ROTC cadet. He apparently was infatuated with her and went into a murderous rage when she refused his advances. El Paso - La Hacienda Restaraunt - This restaraunt is on the riverbanks of the Rio Grande which separates El Paso, Texas from Juarez, Mexico. It is said that on certain nights the apparition of a woman can be seen walking near the restaraunt weeping loudly and asking for her children who have drowned in the river. San Antonio - North Star Mall - Shadows that walk by and if you work there you will here your name whispered. El Paso - Transmountain Road - There have been many reports of a monk and his donkey walking this road, which runs through the Franklin Mountains of El Paso, causing many car accidents. It is said he is protecting a lost goldmine where Spanish missionaries had a large fortune. The University of Texas at El Paso confirms that this goldmine did in fact exist...but it's archaeological department has had no luck in finding it. Jefferson - Hotel Jefferson - is occupied by a few ghosts. A maid has claimed to hear voices coming out of room 19 when not occupied. Some occupants had been known not to stay in room 19 due to the feeling of being watched. Brownsville - University of Texas - Used to be Fort Brown and soldiers march and do their drills at night. San Antonio - Old Onion House - Said to be haunted by ghosts of people that used to live there by the last name of onion. Beaumont - Saratoga Road - Hundreds of people have witnessed a ghostly light that appears and hovers, then zooms past and even has sat on the hoods of cars. This story is so amazing because so many people have witnessed it and it can be viewed with almost a 100% probability of appearance. Dallas - The Lady of the Lake - or White Lady has been seen here and on the road by the lake - dressed in a 1920's evening gown and soaking wet - she asks drivers for a ride to a house on Gaston Ave where she disappears leaving nothing but a wet stain on the seat. The story is that she was the daughter of a wealthy family in the 1920's. She was on her way home from a ball when her car wrecked in the lake - she drowned, but the others lived. LaGrange - Old LaGrange High School - Rosa Mieneke, a teacher haunts the second floor of the school. Books fly across the room, papers tear themselves in half, footsteps can be heard by teachers at night on the stairs, a woman's voice can be heard in the dead of the night. Houston - Hogg Middle School - In the mid 30's or 40's a famous gangster of the Heights Area was dug up and hung up on the flag pole as a practical joke. Janitors and Late Night Libarians have said to seen and heard his shadows and footsteps. Brownsville - University of Texas - Was known as Ft. Brown during and after the Civil War. It was occupied by both Union and Confederate troops. It's haunted by soldiers, horses, cavalry officers, etc. The buildings that house the University are historical monuments. Sightings and sounds have been experienced in almost every building on campus. Fort Bliss - Building 4 - Many current and former members of the U.S. Army and Department of the Army civilian employees confirm stories of strange activities in one of the oldest remaining buildings on the Military Installation. One tale tells of an old Army Cavalry soldier seen in the upstairs window of the building on several occasions. Others tell of similar situations in which men and women are seen roaming the halls of the now unoccupied building. Building 4 was once used as a secondary morgue to hold the bodies of slain soldiers. Wichita Falls - White Sanitarium - It is said that if you go in there that you will see ghosts playing cards. Saratoga - Bragg Road - This is a road near Saratoga where a mysterious light hovered, sped away from or toward drivers or followed drivers. Some said it was the light from a lantern that belonged to the ghost of a railroad man who was accidently killed on nearby railroad tracks. Kingsville-Texas A&M University
El Paso- San Antonio-Stinson Field Cemetery
and the Stinson Field ghost-- San Antonio-San Jose and San
Jacinto missions Boerne San Angelo- ANGELO STATE
UNIVERSITY (ASU) Arlington-Six Flags Over Texas Springtown-Springtown Cemetery Dallas Stanton-St. Joseph Convent Houston- Harlingen-Harlingen Insane Asylum- Scottsville-Scottsville Cemetery- Dallas- Flag Pole Hill
Ghost/Witches- Fort Bliss- MacGregor Range Asa P. Grey Recreation Center, "Tumbleweed Tavern". Old stage is haunted with a feeling of desertion, clicking and unexplainable noises in the night. Many soldiers and visitors have died on the shooting ranges and adjacent trails. Come visit the tavern any evening, bring cameras. Maxdale-Maxdale Cemetery- Brownwood- San Antonio-Camberly Gunter Hotel- Houston-Old Woman Hollerin' Creek- Fort Bliss in El Paso- Farmers Branch-Farmers Branch
Manske Library- San Antonio-Old Nacogdoches Rd
Comanche Park Tower- Ft. Worth-Del Frisco's Steakhouse- Santa Rosa- Lockhart-Lockhart County Court and
Jail House- Hutto-Jakes Bridge- Port Neches-Sarah Jane Road- San Antonio-Plaza Marriott- Dallas- Millermore Mansion at Old
City Park Museum- Lubbock-Broadway Ave- Dallas-LBJ House- Austin-Old Stone Ridge Rd- San Antonio-Haunted Rail Road
Tracks- Waco- Baylor University- Burnet County-Joppa Bridge- Tomball-Spring Creek Park - New Braunfels-The Hotel Faust- San Antonio-The Tracks- Austin-Metz Elementary- San Antonio -Our Lady of the Lake
University- Abilene- The Anson Light- Palestine-Palestine Courthouse- Brownsville - University of Texas- Rome-Deep Creek Cemetery- San Antonio-River Center Mall- Corsicana-Navarro County Courthous-
Dallas- Millermore- San Antonio-Villa Main Railroad
Tracks- Cleburne- DeKalb-Cry Baby Creek- San Antonio-Alamo Street Theater- Austin -Austin State School- Austin- Sweetwater-Sweetwater High School- El Paso-University of Texas- El Paso- El Paso Museum of Art- Duncanville-Duncanville 9th grade
school- Laredo-United Middle School- Corpus Christi-The USS Lexington Austin- Logan's on 6th street- Fabens- Stanton- Houston-Office Building 1011-South
Highway 6- San Antonio-Midget Mansion- Marfa-
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| Shamrock, Towns with strong Irish roots celebrate their origins with as much vigor as any of America's Switzerlands or German Sausage Capitals. Shamrock, Texas regularly rubs itself with Irish Good Luck, in the form of civic monuments and events to remember the Emerald Isle... A fragment of the original Blarney Stone is imurred within a concrete monument in Shamrock's Elmore Park. This genuine chunk was pried from the ruins of Blarney Castle and given an American home in 1959. The landmark is virtually unchanged today an SUV-crash-proof cylinder, regularly painted solid green. It doesn't make for great
photos, unless a lass happens to stop by to lock lips with the Stone. To assure a steady
supply, the town holds a festival each year; Miss Shamrock is crowned around March 17. |
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Killer Bees have been around since the 1950s, when some African queens escaped a South American lab and began flirting with the local gentry. Their volatile spawn migrated north, growing nastier with each succeeding generation. In October of 1990, they illegally crossed the U.S. border at Hidalgo, Texas.
Most towns would view this occasion with horror, something best left unmentioned in the hope that it would be forgotten. Happily, Hidalgo was blessed with a mayor who knew that killer bees bring honey as well as a sting. John Franz gave the media the buzz: Hidalgo was "Killer Bee Capital of the World" and proud of it. Within two years Franz had wheedled 20 grand from his city's budget to build the World's Largest Killer Bee.
Six years have passed. Mayor Franz is still mayor and Hidalgo has been in Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Guinness Book of World Records, and a Snapple commercial. Hidalgo sells posters and post cards of the bee, and carts it down Main Street during their annual Border Fest celebration. None of the tourists who wander the streets seem concerned about what, exactly, this town is celebrating.
"What other city of 4,000 has something like this?" brags Mayor Franz, sweeping his arm in the direction of his nasty mascot. "We're not going to follow the leaders anymore. We're going to take some chances and get out there in front."
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This is one of the goofier acts of corporate sponsorship we've heard about in a a while -- so naturally we applaud it. Walt Disney's Home Video division has constructed the World's Largest Fire Hydrant to promote the re-release of 101 Dalmations. The 24-foot tall, Dalmation-spotted hydrant was installed and dedicated at a ceremony at the Fire Museum of Texas in Beaumont, TX . The 4,500 pound fire hydrant is anchored by eighteen tons of concrete and actually works. It can blast 1,500 gallons of water a minute. It was built in Los Angeles, transported to Beaumont on trucks, and assembled |
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| Cresson, TX: The Pate Museum of
Transportation is a favorite destination for families, scout troops, and anyone interested
in seeing unique transportation curiosities. Driving about 45 miles south of Fort Worth on
Highway 377, you will be unable to go past and not notice the WWII-era minesweeper
(parked) out in front. Alongside are several old military aircraft and armored vehicles,
which can be touched and climbed on. Also outside are train cars and a couple of cast-iron
subway entrances from back east, turn-of-the-century. Inside the main building are dozens of antique and one-of-a-kind automobiles, many clean enough to be right off the assembly line. More cars are housed in other buildings, and the collection is rotated often. Near the front is one of the actual Gemini space capsules, a space suit and related materials. Don't miss the operating submarine periscope in the entry hall. The museum is free, and a picnic area and clean restrooms are available. Corny wooden cut-outs stand by as props for the prized family photo. Bring a sack lunch and have a memorable afternoon |
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| Just outside El Paso, Texas, across the Rio Grande into New Mexico, is one of the few monumental Christ figures in the United States. It was carved from Austin, TX limestone by the Catalonian sculptor, Urbici Soler, from 1938-1940. This mountain-top Cristo is the same mountain that the Conquistadors circled in order to ford the river they called "Rio del Norte". |
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| There is a Seminole Indian Scout cemetery, resting place to the scouts and their descendents. The Indian Scouts served at nearby Ft. Clark until 1914. Four won the Congressional Medal of Honor, and no scout was ever killed or injured in battle. It's a great old cemetery, and the names on the headstones are really poignant |
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