A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

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

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

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

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

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

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

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

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

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.