lendog666's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

lendog666

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The Leaning Tower of Texas

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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Added by lewblank

Ransom Canyon, Texas

Robert Bruno’s Steel House

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

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Added by lewblank

Amarillo, Texas

Combine City

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

icalhoun

Added by icalhoun

Panhandle, Texas

VW Slug Bug Ranch

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

jondilks

Added by jondilks

San Antonio, Texas

World's Largest Cowboy Boots

These boots are made for selfies.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Ruins of St Dominic's Catholic Church

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

sueley

Added by sueley

The Bottle House

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

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Stonehenge Replica

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

atimian

Added by atimian

Texas Eiffel Tower

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Added by MarindaBramlett

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Added by mbison

Amarillo, Texas

'Ozymandias on the Plains'

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Shamrock, Texas

U-Drop Inn

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Added by Ashawnta

'Eye' Sculpture

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

K Cady

Added by K Cady

Elisabet Ney Museum

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Added by Facebook1105331016

The Wilde Collection

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

The Traveling Man

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

The Orange Show

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Art Car Museum

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Alicekh

Added by Alicekh

Sparky Park

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

naturedude

Added by naturedude

Eclectic Menagerie Park

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

hymnherself

Added by hymnherself

Palo Duro Canyon

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Added by krendi

Glen Rose, Texas

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Stonehenge II

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Added by chipsndip

Royse City, Texas

Royse City Futuro House

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

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