Luling

Luling Watermelon Thump Luling, Texas Luling Water Tower: World’s Largest Watermelon When: late June Where: Downtown Luling Standing 154 feet above the central Texas community of Luling, the sight of a watermelon-inspired water tower greets an estimated 40,000 visitors who arrive every final Thursday through Sunday in June to enjoy this unique Lone Star utopia’s …

  Luling is the land of oil wells. Although this area’s heyday as a boomtown are gone, pumpjacks are still seen throughout town, and the barbecue joints are still pumping out their own version of black gold. This central Texas oil town started out as a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad and became an …