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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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 view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

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

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

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

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.