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.
~23 miles from San Marcos.

It's "Texas' only show cave with a 100 ft. waterfall" -- and a dinosaur.
~45 miles from San Marcos.

1.5 million wooden nickels, including the World's Largest, which is over 13 feet tall and weighs 2,500 pounds.
~43 miles from San Marcos.

Cave exposed by 1960s roadwork and turned into a commercial attraction -- features the "Lake of the Moon," and the "Flowing Stone of Time."
~53 miles from San Marcos.

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