DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

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

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

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

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.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

"They died with their boots on."

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.