The Cathedral of Junk exhibits one man’s success at making beauty out of otherwise ugly, cast-off stuff. Behind Vince Hannemann’s ordinary suburban residence is a tunneled mountain of old banners, bicycles, bottles, bedsprings, and beaucoups of other dross. Reminiscent of Houston’s Orange Show, this eclectic folk-art collection boasts all colors. Climb spiral staircases up and through a jungle of stimulus overload.

Roadhouse Relics carries “vintage modern” neon signs, foam sculptures, and bumper cars.

The city’s original Moonlight Towers and Casa Neverlandia together connect the past with what could be our future.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, many KAW tour offerings sit in South Austin. Along South 1st Street is an array of coffee houses, Tex-Mex cafés, and retail establishments worthy of weird attention. South Lamar also holds some delightful destinations.