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Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

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

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

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

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

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

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

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

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.

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

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.