Attractions

Tune in to see actor Jeff Daniels as a Buckless Yooper. In addition, learn about a professional baseball team’s mascot called Mr. Celery, and the Museum of Funeral Customs that has one focus — death.


Business

Ever drink an okra martini or lather up with a luxury soap named after the lowly boll weevil? Need live crickets – fast? Click here to find out more about these and other businesses that offer unusual products and services!


Dining

Pass the napkins, please. You can get a fried double bologna burger, or try a pig sandwich, green chili slopper or coffee potato ice cream. Wash everything down with a white birch beer from the Hall of Foam.


Oddities

Time out: A Division I college football game actually had a final score of 222-0. Also, somebody had to invent Mother’s Day, and a city called Skullbone got its name from hosting bare-knuckle boxing matches.


Festivals

What’s that smell? Be sure to attend a celebration that features outhouse races, then bring a breath mint to the annual Garlic Festival. In addition, applaud the lucky and deserving winner of the Slug Queen Pageant.

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Drinking Okra Martinis
Talk o ’ Texas Brands of San Angelo, Texas, accounts for 79 percent of all okra sold in the country, thanks to its Crisp Okra Pickles product.

“Other pickle companies have 50 to 100 items – we have one,” says owner Larry Ricci. “We’ve been producing this product longer than anyone else.”

Close to 2 million pounds of fresh okra are packed at the San Angelo plant each year, and each pod is placed in the jar by hand. One of the company’s popular recipes is an “okratini” – a martini garnished with a Talk O’ Texas Brands Crisp Okra Pickle.

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