Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

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

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

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

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

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