An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

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

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

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

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

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

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.