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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
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
a brown and golden squirrel stature clasping a nut sits outside a green farm area and light blue, cloudy skies.

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

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