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

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

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

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

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

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.