Places Edited by knoxium

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

An urban laboratory.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.