Places JackalopeTamer Wants to Go

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

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

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

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

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

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.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

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

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

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.