This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

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

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Definitely not a clown bar.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.