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

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

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

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

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

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

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

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

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

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

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

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 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.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.