Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Rural Texas town celebrates its watermelon industry with an annual festival and a year-'round majestic 'melon water tower.
~29 miles from New Braunfels.

If you park your car in neutral, "child ghosts" may push it about 30 feet up a slight hill and onto some railroad tracks!
~33 miles from New Braunfels.

The mold from the town's Guinness World Record 20-ft tall edible cookie was turned into a permanent monument (Sorry, the cookie has been long since nibble-vaporized).
~62 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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