An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

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

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

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

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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

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.

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

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.