A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

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

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

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

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Some people believe that this makeshift space monitoring station received transmissions from clandestine cosmonauts.