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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Cross Plains

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cross Plains, Texas

Updated June 23, 2022

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The Robert E. Howard Museum.

Cross Plains, Texas

Robert E. Howard Museum

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.
Woody’s Classic Cars and Baseball Museum

Cross Plains, Texas

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Plaque at the former bank site.

Cisco, Texas

Site of the Santa Claus Bank Robbery

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.
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Artificial cave built as animal shelter

Cisco, Texas

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Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
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