A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

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

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

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

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

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

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

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

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

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.