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The 25 Weirdest Attractions in the San Antonio Area

By San Antonio Current Staff on Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:57 pm

San Antonio and its surrounding areas have accrued a fair share of weird and wonderful destinations, ranging from the largest boots in the world to a perfect replica of Stonehenge. Here are a few of our favorite oddities.

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Old Time Wooden Nickel Company’s Museum
345 Old Austin Rd., (210) 822-0552, wooden-nickel.com
Did you know that San Antonio is home to one of the oldest manufacturers of custom printed wooden nickels in the United States? Neither did we, but there's a totally museum committed to raising public awareness about the long history of Wooden Nickels in Alamo City.

Photo via Facebook (Old Time Wooden Nickel Co.)

Louis Tussaud's Plaza Wax Museum
301 Alamo Plaza, (210) 224-9299, ripleys.com
Yeah, it's a tourist trap in many ways, but wax museums are just freaky places in general.

Photo via Facebook (Jay Mtz)

Texas-Shaped Swimming Pool
2114 Sidney Baker St., 1 (877) 859-5095, ihg.com/holidayinnexpress
Do you really, really love Texas? Book a room and take a jump into Kerrville's very own Texas-shaped pool, a feature at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kerrville.

Photo via Facebook (Kerrville Convention & Visitors Bureau)

"King of the Parc"
4203 Loring Park, 210-310-2550
A giant stag made of junk parts — rusted fenders, license plates, typewriters — stands as a centerpiece of a housing development named "The Parc at Escondido." The heroically posed stag was created by Mexico City sculptor Florentino Narcis, and remains a randomly cool photo opportunity outside of San Anto in Converse, Texas.

Photo via kernut.com

Big Peanut for The Peanut King
1420 3rd St.
Outside of the Wilson County courthouse in Floresville, Texas — approximately forty-five minutes from San Anto — is one of the oldest big civic peanuts in America. This particular peanut honors Joe T. Sheehy, "The Peanut King," who experimented with peanut farming and introduced peanuts as a viable crop to Wilson County in 1916.

Photo via Facebook (Rita Hernandez)