Places smf3805 Wants to Go

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

An entire home filled with over 3,000 pieces of Santa memorabilia in glass cases, walls, on Christmas trees, and even in the bathroom.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

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

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

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

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

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

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

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

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

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

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

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

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