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

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

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

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

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

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

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

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."

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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

These boots are made for selfies.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

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

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

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

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

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

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

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