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

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.