
Petrified Wood Speakeasy Ruins (Ed Young Station)
The skeletal walls of Ed Young's Station — a Prohibition-era gas station and speakeasy built entirely from petrified wood, white quartz, and fossilized stone — still stand roofless on a quiet county road outside Glen Rose, a living relic of the town's 1920s "Petrified City" building craze and its notorious moonshining heyday. The arched openings where gas pumps once stood are now framed by overgrown vegetation, making it one of Texas's most atmospheric abandoned roadside stops.
The move: Pull over on County Road 312 to explore the atmospheric open-air ruins on foot — photograph the petrified wood walls up close, then continue into Glen Rose proper to tour other petrified wood buildings (the courthouse square has several) and grab a meal before catching the sunset over the Paluxy River.
- 📍 Glen Rose
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Outdoors
Where: 1738 County Road 312, Glen Rose, TX 76043
Hours: Mined 2026-06-07 — confirm current hours before you go.
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Verified 2026-06-07.