Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A synth musician's paradise at the heart of a community responsible for the soundtrack to 'Stranger Things.'

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

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

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

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

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

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

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

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.