100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

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

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

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

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

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

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

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.