Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

1.5 million wooden nickels here, including the World's Largest, which is over 13 feet tall and weighs 2,500 pounds.
~12 miles from Selma.

Probably the only museum in the world in which waitresses come up to you as you tour and ask, "Want a beer?"
~15 miles from Selma.

Crowds gather every evening to watch 750,000 Mexican free-tailed bats take flight from under the Congress Avenue Bridge.
~58 miles from Selma.

About 100 concrete hippos are scattered throughout this community, including a large one in front of the high school. Apparently an escaped circus hippo in the early 20th century created quite a stir here. My favorite was a pair of hippos, with the girl in a yellow bikini.
~81 miles from Selma.

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