Places rbowptown Wants to Go

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

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

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

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.