Roadside Wonders

Henrietta the Hippo Hutto, Texas submitted by “Anaconda” Anaconda says: I found this in Hutto, “The Hippo Capital of Texas” (for real).  A hippo escaped from a circus train in 1915 and caused quite a stir when it got stuck in mud. The hippo got freed (with a lot of effort) and was returned to the circus.  The hippo is now the town mascot, and a hundred smaller concrete hippos are...