Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

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

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

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

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 collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

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

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

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

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

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

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

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.

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

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

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.