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Tex Randall, a giant cowboy statue, has his hand on its hip and boot propped up on a sign that reads The Spirit of West Texas in a park.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Tex Randall in Canyon

The towering Panhandle cowboy in Canyon has another restoration on the horizon

By Allie Tribe
August 5, 2026
A weathered, bright orange saucer-shaped house with a graffitied interior in a grassy lot at night.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Futuro House of Royse City

By Chi Pham
July 6, 2026
A faded blue sign with a star on top that reads Stardust Motel on the left side of a deserted road

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Stardust Motel Sign in Marfa

By Cat Cardenas
June 11, 2026
A gas station covered in petrified wood in Decatur, Texas

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Decatur’s Petrified Wood Station

By Gene Fowler
November 17, 2025

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A large white statue head of a man with long hair sits on the dirt ground surrounded by green forest

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Sam Houston Statue

By Julia Jones
August 18, 2025
Large sculpture of a brown squirrel holding an acorn on a wood platform during a bright, cloudy day.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Ms. Pearl the Squirrel in Cedar Creek

By Alice Scott
July 30, 2025
Faded pieces of white limestone are arranged in a circle on brown grass behind a light blue sky

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Odessa’s Stonehenge Replica

By Alice Scott
June 19, 2025
A leaning white and red water tower stands in a field at night. The words "Britten U.S.A" are stamped across the front.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Leaning Tower of Texas

By Jason Boyett
June 2, 2025
A small house covered in garlands made of recycled beer cans sits on a lot between modern apartment complexes.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Beer Can House

By Layne Van Vranken
February 27, 2025
A man in a cowboy hat sits on a massive sculpture of a pair of orange and white cowboy boots.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The World’s Largest Cowboy Boots

By Joe Nick Patoski
December 19, 2024
A large brown plaster pecan sits on a stand that reads "World's Largest Pecan."

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: World’s Largest Pecan

By Andrea Luttrell
November 20, 2024

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Bruco the Caterpillar

By Andrea Luttrell
August 22, 2024

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Slug Bug Ranch in Amarillo

By Christopher Collins
June 12, 2024

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Giant Uvalde Cut-outs

By Sarah Thurmond
February 15, 2024

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The ‘Marfa Payphone’

By Sarah M. Vasquez
January 10, 2024
A tall tower over the trees with a metal cap on top

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Mysterious Tower Along I-35 Takes Inspiration from Inventor Nikola Tesla

By Andrea Luttrell
October 13, 2023

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddities: Texas’ Weird and Wild Attractions

September 19, 2023
An overhead shot shows the eight steel buffalo sculptures rising above the parade grounds and building that houses Frontier Texas!, with trees and a lawn in the foreground. A cloudless blue sky appears in the upper half of the picture.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Flying Herd of Buffalo in Abilene

By Loretta Fulton
January 31, 2023
A close-up photo of the bronze statue, with young Travis Coates nestled against his dog, Old Yeller, whose tongue is hanging out of his mouth like he's panting.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Statue of Old Yeller in Mason

By Dale Weisman
December 24, 2022
A knot in an oak tree that appears to be in the form of the Virgin Mary, is adorned by silk pink and red flowers.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: the Virgin Mary Tree in Houston’s Garden Oaks Neighborhood

By Layne Van Vranken
December 1, 2022
A single gravesite is marked in the middle of an island between two roads. A tree trunk toward the back of the island is where the historical marker sign is located.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Lone Grave in Hearne

By Marisa Charpentier
October 26, 2022

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: How a Champion Baton Twirler Inspired Benavides’ Welcome Sign

By Marisa Charpentier
August 1, 2022
Three colorful cow sculptures on a platform on a stand on the roadside

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: the Metal Art of the Eclectic Menagerie in Houston

By John Nova Lomax
June 7, 2022
Cartoon Saloon

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Cartoon Saloon’s Sweet Spot ‘Between Comfort and Welfare’

By Jacqueline Knox
March 17, 2022
A house made from large tan stones and wood resembling a boot

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddities: the Legacy of Dan Phillips, Creator of Huntsville’s Boot House

By John Nova Lomax
January 19, 2022

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Beaumont’s 1901 Lucas Gusher Launched Texas’ Oil Industry

By John Nova Lomax
January 7, 2022
A large statue of a killer bee surrounded by grass

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Killer Bee of Hidalgo, Texas

By Tyler Smith
October 13, 2021
A dirt trail surrounded by trees

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Geographic Center of Texas Between Brady and Brownwood

By Paul Brown
September 27, 2021

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Return of Alley Oop Day and Fantasy Land in Iraan

By John Nova Lomax
June 2, 2021

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Roadside Oddity: The Giant Longhorn Skull of Bandera

By John Nova Lomax
April 26, 2021
A bronze bust of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne rests on a stone pedestal in a garden. Photo by Michael Corcoran.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Bronze Bust of Knute Rockne in Rockne, Texas

By Michael Corcoran
March 4, 2021
Five mo’ai made of concrete stand in a green pasture under blue skies and clouds. Photo by John Nova Lomax.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Easter Island Heads of Victoria

By John Nova Lomax
February 10, 2021
A sculpture of white musical notes and a treble cleft that shows the music of "This Land is Your Land"

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Woody Guthrie ‘This Land Is Your Land’ Sculpture in Pampa

By Michael Corcoran
January 14, 2021
Three metal cows make up the "Cow Jumps" roadside attraction in Richmond. Photo by John Nova Lomax.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Richmond’s Trio of Jumping Cows

By John Nova Lomax
December 4, 2020
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