Weird & Unusual
Best of West Texas
The third in a series of West Texas Trip itineraries
The first in a series of West Texas Trip Itineraries
Groups are encouraged to combine these different loops, depending on interests and length of the tour. The Red Loop features attractions in Fort Worth, Denton, Abilene, San Angelo & Granbury. It travels through the Lakes & Forts Trail Regions.
The Yellow Loop features attractions in Fort Worth, Lubbock & Abilene. It travels through the Lakes, Forts & Plains Trail Regions.
1 Bicycle Tree - Fort Worth
1 Bicycle Tree - Fort Worth
2 Giant Jackalope on a Roof - Fort Worth
2 Giant Jackalope on a Roof - Fort Worth
3 Iggy a 40-Foot-Long Iguana - Fort Worth
3 Iggy a 40-Foot-Long Iguana - Fort Worth
4 The Eternal Light - Fort Worth
4 The Eternal Light - Fort Worth
5 Pecan Folk Art Collection - Denton
5 Largest Pecan Tree - Weatherford
6 Rare Book Collection at University of North Texas- 6 Mary Martin Peter Pan Statue - Weatherford Denton 7 Famous Mineral Water Company - Mineral Wells 7 Special Music Collections at University of North
Texas Library - Denton 8 World’s largest cookbook collection at Texas
Woman’s University - Denton
The Blue Loop features attractions in Amarillo & Lubbock. It travels through the Plains Trail Region. Here lies some of the greatest geographical drama of the high plains, where erosion has carved spectacular canyon landscapes. Travel through this region, home to Charles Goodnight, the inspirational figure for Lonesome Dove.
8 Mineral Wells Fossil Park - Mineral Wells 9 W.K. Gordon Center - Thurber 10 Old Rip - Eastland
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11 Outdoor Art Museum - Eastland
American Wind Power Center - Lubbock Depot Entertainment District - Lubbock Louise H. Underwood Center for the Arts Lubbock Lubbock Lake Landmark - Lubbock Museum of Texas Tech University - Lubbock National Ranching Heritage Center - Lubbock Science Spectrum & Omni Theater - Lubbock Silent Wings Museum - Lubbock West Texas Walk of Fame, featuring the Buddy Holly Statue - Lubbock
The Green Loop features attractions in Midland, Odessa, Fort Davis, San Angelo & Big Bend National Park. It travels through the Pecos, Mountain & Forts Trail Regions. Experience the natural beauty that encourages a variety of outdoor adventures from river rafting to horseback riding. Travel through a diverse landscape as you learn stories of the original cattle drives, the heritage of the cowboy and Native Americans. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
9 Thimbles From Around the World - Denton 10 Pasture Art – Nocona
12 Mobley Hotel - Cisco 13 Atlas Missile Base - Abilene
11 The Littlest Skyscraper - Wichita Falls 12 Atlas Missile Base - Abilene
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14 Buffalo Gap Ghost Tours - Abilene
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13 Buffalo Gap Ghost Tours - Abilene 14 Community Toothbrush at Frontier Texas! -
Abilene 15 Nazarene Church at Buffalo Gap Historic Village -
Abilene 16 Outdoor Sculptures - Abilene
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15 Community Toothbrush at Frontier Texas! -
Abilene
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16 Nazarene Church at Buffalo Gap Historic Village
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Abilene
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17 Outdoor Sculptures - Abilene
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18 Spirit Guides at Frontier Texas! - Abilene
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19 White Buffalo Statue - Snyder
17 Spirit Guides at Frontier Texas! - Abilene
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18 Texas’s Largest Armadillo, Barbadillo at Perini
Ranch Steakhouse - Abilene
The Orange Loop features attractions in El Paso, Lubbock, Midland & Odessa, and can be combined with a New Mexico tour. It travels through the Mountain, Pecos & Plains Trail Regions. Majestic mountains and vast desert stretches across this beautiful land that was once the home of nomadic tribes. Culturally rich cities established by enterprising pioneers and adventurers now dot the area.
19 International Water Lilly Garden - San Angelo 20 Miss Hattie’s Bordello Museum - San Angelo 21 Old Chicken Farm Art Center - San Angelo 22 Hummer House - Christoval 23 Ditch Walk - Menard 24 Eckerd Bat Cave - Mason 25 Old Yeller Statue - Mason
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26 Old Cora Courthouse - Comanche
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27 Dublin Dr Pepper Soda Shop & Museum - Dublin
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28 Granbury Ghosts/Legend Tours - Granbury
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29 Granbury Historic Cemetery - Granbury 5 6 7 8 9
Historic Hotel El Capitan - Van Horn Concordia Cemetery - El Paso El Paso Mission Trail - El Paso El Paso’s Museum “Campus” in the Heart of Downtown - El Paso Magoffin Home State Historic Site - El Paso Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks - Guadalupe American Wind Power Center - Lubbock Depot Entertainment District - Lubbock Louise H. Underwood Center for the Arts Lubbock
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CAF Airpower Museum - Midland George W. Bush Childhood Home - Midland Museum of the Southwest - Midland Permian Basin Petroleum Museum - Midland Sibley Nature Center - Midland MCM Ice Rink - Odessa Meteor Crater - Odessa Presidential Museum - Odessa Ratliff Stadium - Odessa Historic Hotel El Capitan - Van Horn Hotel Paisano - Marfa Fort Davis National Historic Site - Fort Davis McDonald Observatory - Fort Davis Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and Botanical Gardens - Fort Davis The Veranda - Fort Davis Hotel Limpia - Fort Davis Indian Lodge - Fort Davis Woodward Ranch/Rock Hunting Tours - Alpine Big Bend National Park Fort Concho National Historic Landmark - San Angelo International Water Lily Garden - San Angelo Miss Hatties Bordello Museum - San Angelo Santa Fe Depot & Railway Museum - San Angelo San Angelo Museum of Fine Art
10 Lubbock Lake Landmark - Lubbock 11 Museum of Texas Tech University - Lubbock 12 National Ranching Heritage Center - Lubbock 13 Science Spectrum & Omni Theater - Lubbock 14 Silent Wings Museum - Lubbock 15 West Texas Walk of Fame, featuring the Buddy
Holly Statue - Lubbock 16 CAF Airpower Museum - Midland 17 George W. Bush Childhood Home - Midland 18 Museum of the Southwest - Midland 19 Permian Basin Petroleum Museum - Midland 20 Sibley Nature Center - Midland 21 MCM Ice Rink - Odessa 22 Meteor Crater - Odessa 23 Presidential Museum - Odessa 24 Ratliff Stadium - Odessa 25 Ellen Noel Art Museum - Odessa