Places stoneyb Wants to Go

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

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

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

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

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

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 high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

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

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

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.