Places klcmaher Wants to Go

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

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

The man who wasn't there.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

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

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.