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

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

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.