Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Nutty claim to fame made real by a statue on the courthouse lawn. It once was the world's largest.
~13 miles from New Braunfels.

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

It's "Texas' only show cave with a 100 ft. waterfall" -- and a dinosaur.
~34 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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