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

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

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

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

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

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

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

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.