Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Vince Hannemann's backyard folk art environment was built out of cast-offs because he thought it was fun.
~42 miles from New Braunfels.

Crowds gather every evening to watch 750,000 Mexican free-tailed bats take flight from under the Congress Avenue Bridge.
~45 miles from New Braunfels.

Cave exposed by 1960s roadwork and turned into a commercial attraction -- features the "Lake of the Moon," and the "Flowing Stone of Time."
~68 miles from New Braunfels.

About 100 concrete hippos are scattered throughout the "Hippo Capital of Texas," including a large one in front of the high school, in tribute to an escaped circus hippo.
~67 miles from New Braunfels.

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