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Shepard's Barber Shop

Conroe, Texas

Shepard's Barber Shop

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

Light of Saratoga

Saratoga, Texas

Light of Saratoga

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge

Graford, Texas

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

Dallas Bowler Hat.

Dallas, Texas

Bowler Hat Sculpture

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

Deer Horn Tree

Junction, Texas

Deer Horn Tree

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

His original headstone, set in cement.

Corsicana, Texas

The Grave of Rope Walker

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

A romantic flamingo dinner.
Permanently Closed

Round Rock, Texas

The Flamingo House

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

Standing guard.

San Antonio, Texas

Giant Hog Stand

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Spur, Lampasas Texas

Lampasas, Texas

World's Largest Spur

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

Cinnamon Kandy

San Antonio, Texas

Cinnamon Kandy the Circus Elephant

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

The grave.

El Paso, Texas

John Wesley Hardin's Grave

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

The Paisano Pete statue

Fort Stockton, Texas

Paisano Pete

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Together with shells.

Comfort, Texas

Seashell Graves of Comfort Cemetery

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

Berlin Bear.

San Antonio, Texas

The Berlin Bear

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Oleander

Galveston, Texas

Betty Head Oleander Garden Park

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Woman Hollering Creek.

Saint Hedwig, Texas

Woman Hollering Creek

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Below the blast furnaces are some small buildings where miners, foremen and their families lived.

Big Bend National Park, Texas

Mariscal Mine

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The tree.

College Station, Texas

Century Tree

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

The original statue.

Seguin, Texas

World's Largest Pecan

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

The line in the sand.

San Antonio, Texas

Alamo Line in the Sand

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Lower Ghost Campsite.

San Angelo, Texas

Lower Ghost Camp

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

Oblique aerial view of Wink Sink 1.
Permanently Closed

Winkler County, Texas

Wink Sink

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

The massive wooden nickel.

San Antonio, Texas

Old Time Wooden Nickel Company

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Jeremiah the Innocent Frog

Austin, Texas

'Hi, How Are You' Mural

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

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