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The Atlas Obscura Guide To El Paso

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in El Paso, Texas

Updated January 19, 2023

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Hueco Tanks

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

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Casa de Azucar

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

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Sunland Park Dinosaur Tracks

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

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Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem in El Paso.

El Paso, Texas

Dave's Pawn Shop

A decades-old pawn shop featuring an extensive collection of oddities and bizarre trinkets.

El Paso, Texas

John Wesley Hardin's Grave

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

El Paso, Texas

B-36 Bomber Crash Site

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

El Paso, Texas

Chamizal National Memorial

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.
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