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.

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

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

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

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

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

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

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

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.