The original dwellings and furnishings reminded me of stuff that my mother had shown me that used to belong to her parents and grandparents (from WV, not TX, but it was pretty much the same back then), and older folks we had visited there.
It's also kind of sobering to see the lonely graveyard where they buried someone who was once the most powerful man on the planet. He came from the Hill Country, and he returned to the Hill country.
Be aware in advance that the tour is by bus only. When I went through Luci Baines Johnson came out to greet the passengers, and Lady Bird Johnson was sitting in a chair on the porch, but she has since passed away. Luci Baines and her sister Lynda Bird Johnson Rob are still alive, so who knows, you might see them, although I believe Lynda lives with her husband in Virginia, and is still active in DC charity and organizational life.
Oh, and nearby is the famous bat cave where you can watch thousands of bats emerge at sundown (at least in season). You can smell it from far, far away.
For something really different, there are plenty of dinosaur trackways in TX -- including some at the Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country. https://tpwmagazine.com/parks/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-dinosaurs/
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