Places jilliangbradshaw5 Wants to Go

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

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

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

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.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Michelangelo's first known painting went unnoticed for over 500 years

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A large, industrial, unfinished sculpture depicting a hand descending from the ceiling.

The final resting place of a music legend.

A 28-exhibit museum about the history, culture, and oddities of money. Visitors stand in a cash shower, try to crack a vault, and discover what it's like to barter when no money is allowed.

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

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

No mere mortal can resist...