Strange Things to Do in Texas

Texas does not do anything small, including some of their strange attractions. Each one of these strange things to do in Texas will give you a bit of insight into history, but not necessarily Texas history. Next time you have nothing to do, do a little bit of exploring with the strange things.

Buckhorn Saloon and Museum
318 E. Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Phone: 210-247-4000
Fax: 210-247-4020

The Museum has 4 sections. Horns has 1,200 trophy mounts representing over 520 species. Fins has more than 200 different fish...sharks, Pacific sailfish, sawfish and more. Feathers has raptors, tropical birds, birds of the woodlands and prairies, and water fowl. The Hall of Texas History Wax Museum has exhibits that reflect on every aspect of the 400 years of Texas history. The saloon is huge and pure Texas. It is very much like it was when Teddy Roosevelt ate here.

Full-size Replica Ezekiel Airship at the
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum
P.O. Box 157,
Pittsburg, Texas 75686
Phone/FAX 903-856-1200

If the legend about this air ship is true, then the Wright Brothers were not the first to fly. It is the only one based on the bible. In the Book of Ezekiel there is a passage about
"living creatures" rising from the earth and a "wheel within a wheel." A local minister The Rev. Burrell Cannon believed this was instructions on how to build a powered air ship and that is what he did. The story goes that iin 1902, a year before the Wright Brothers took off, one of the workers decided to try it out and he reached an altitude of about 15 feet and went about 50 yards. Unfortunately, there were no witnesses. For some reason, it was never flown again and the original was destroyed in a fire. When you see the replica, you will wonder just how it could have flown.

Forbidden Gardens
23500 Franz. Road
Katy, Texas 77493
Phone: 281-347-8000, 281-347-8096
Fax:281-347-8080

You do not have to go to China to see what the Emperor's forbidden gardens are all about. This is an out door activity, so the weather does affect when it is open. The exhibits include the Terra-Cotta Army -6,000 1/3 scale terra cotta soldiers from the 3rd century BC. The Forbidden City, a 1 to 20 scale model of the real one in China. The Calming of the Heart Lodge was the summer palace used by those who worked in the Forbidden City. The Weapons Room contains replicas of weapons from the 3rd century BC and the Architecture Room that contains replicas of the palaces of the Forbidden City.