Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

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.
~48 miles from Horseshoe Bay.

Crowds gather every evening to watch 750,000 Mexican free-tailed bats take flight from under the Congress Avenue Bridge.
~42 miles from Horseshoe Bay.

Nutty claim to fame made real by a statue on the courthouse lawn. It once was the world's largest.
~72 miles from Horseshoe Bay.

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