Planning a Texas road trip and looking for all the best things to do and things to see in the state? Browse below to find a selection of the best Texas roadside attractions for sightseeing, famous tourist sites, tasty roadside restaurants, road trip stops, top attractions, destinations, and other must-see Texas tourist attractions at Silly America. Plan your next vacation or road trip driving through Texas and find all the most iconic, weird, cool, and silliest sites along the way!
The 2nd Amendment Cowboy muffler man is a roadside attraction in Amarillo, Texas. It’s hard to miss this giant man with a controversial message, located just down the road from the famed Cadillac Ranch on Route 66. Muffler men roadside attractions are fiberglass giants who stand anywhere from 14 to 25 feet tall. Each has a …
Welcome to Shamrock, Texas! A small town on Route 66 with big ties to Ireland! While you’re in town visiting the Conoco Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Café and staying at the Shamrock Country Inn, do an Irish jig on over to Blarney Stone Plaza to take some photos with this Welcome to Shamrock sign, …
They say that good fences make good neighbors. And if that is the case the Devil’s Rope Museum in McLean, Texas must have some pretty fantastic neighbors. This Route 66 attraction is dedicated to an unlikely and pretty sharp subject: barbed wire fencing. Opened in 1991, the Devil’s Rope Museum celebrates all things barbed wire. …
Here’s hoping this Texas Route 66 roadside attraction doesn’t get the boot anytime soon! Find this Big Red Cowboy Boot at Big Vern’s Steakhouse in Shamrock, Texas. Located in a former CITGO station, Big Vern’s Steakhouse was once a Shamrock institution. Known for their juicy steaks and scrumptious beer bread, the restaurant offered a delicious …
Do you ever play slug bug on long road trips? If so, you might want to protect your arm now. VW Slug Bug Ranch in Conway, Texas is a Route 66 roadside attraction that features several of those elusive bug shaped cars buried nose deep in a row. VW Slug Bug Ranch might not be …
It’s “more than two thousand miles all the way” to travel Route 66 from Chicago to California. 2,278 miles to be exact. So, it’s only fitting that at mile 1,139, there’d be a place to celebrate. Visit Adrian, Texas, a town 1,139 from the starting point in Chicago and 1,139 miles from the end point …
Taking a Route 66 road trip? Be sure to drop in to this iconic attraction: the Conoco Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Café in Shamrock, Texas. The Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Café was built in 1936.Located along historic Route 66 in Shamrock, Texas, the art deco gas station and restaurant is sometimes referred to …
Top O’ the mornin to ya from Shamrock, Texas! This small town on Route 66 celebrates its Irish heritage in many ways. And if you’re searching for their famed piece of Ireland’s Blarney Stone…this isn’t it. But this Fake Blarney Stone is still a roadside attraction worth seeking out. But maybe not worth kissing. Blarney …
They say that kissing the Blarney Stone will give you the gift of eloquence. And it’s a good thing, because you will want to tell everyone about this roadside attraction: the Blarney Stone in Shamrock, Texas…that’s right, Texas, not Ireland. Blarney Castle, just outside of Cork, Ireland, is home to the famous Blarney Stone. Legend …
This roadside attraction has a leg up on all the others. Ozymandias on the Plains in Amarillo, Texas is a must see road trip attraction. Though you might just want to call it the Big Legs. In a Texas field off the road, a giant pair of 24-foot tall disembodied legs stand on a 4 …
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