At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

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

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

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

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

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

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

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Inscribed on the gate are the names of 29 figures from the University's first five centuries.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.

An 18th-century religious argument etched into stone.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.