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.

Treasure-filled freak show -- "Five Museums in One" it boasts -- acquiring stuffed animals, horn and antler art, and weird wonders since the 1880s. Enjoy a beer while you admire a cathedral made of 50,000 matchsticks or an 8-legged, 3-eared lamb.
~29 miles from New Braunfels.

Features a walk-through airfield on an anonymous Pacific atoll populated by animatronic dummies and rats. Watch out for the exploding grenades!
~60 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.

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