Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Texas

While in Texas, you might enjoy a visit to:

Home of the Baylor Bears, the mascots of Baylor University. The latest enclosure/habitat is not really a pit, and the bears seem to be well-tended.
~62 miles from Rockdale.

Features a "Cooking with Dr Pepper" display, displays rare bottles of LBJ Vice-President soda, which were never sold because he unexpectedly was no longer Vice-President.
~63 miles from Rockdale.

Rural Texas town celebrates its watermelon industry with an annual festival and a year-'round majestic 'melon water tower.
~78 miles from Rockdale.

A large dinosaur sculpture cleverly fashioned from car wheel rims. Ready to leap from a rooftop. 2017: Reported in state of decay.
~84 miles from Rockdale.

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