[2] The municipality contains the 16,635 hectares (41,110 acres) Quixadá Monoliths Natural Monument, a fully protected area around and containing the highly unusual inselbergs known locally as monoliths, which are of considerable tourist interest.

[3][4] The Barragem do Cedro (Cedar Dam) was built between 1890 and 1906 using stone masonry, cement and steel, at the foot of the Pedra da Galinha Choca (Brooding Hen Rock), the most famous of the monoliths.

On 30 January 2015 the dam was placed on the tentative list as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The best-known figure from Quixadá is Rachel de Queiroz, a writer who portrayed the drought of 1915 in her novel "O Quinze (1930)," which later received national recognition.

In Quixadá, you can find three places dedicated to her: the Memorial Rachel de Queiroz, the former Chalé da Pedra; the Museu Rachel de Queiroz, which is located on her small farm, the Fazenda Não Me Deixes; and also the Rachel de Queiroz Cultural Center.