An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.