KUT is launching a second ATXplained series just a little farther down I-35 in San Marcos. Here's how you can ask a question for SMTXplained.

The oak tree near Fifth and Lamar is more than 500 years old. And it's the stuff of legends.

For years, Austin resident Arnie Ramirez has passed by it on her way to jog along Shoal Creek Trail. She wanted to know the story behind it.

More than a year after opening, 183 South has no posted speed limits. But that doesn't mean you can drive as fast as you want.

Indigenous peoples have occupied Central Texas for thousands of years — long before Spanish settlers arrived in the mid-16th century.

In 1987, 1,000 Austinites grabbed polypropylene rope and made history for a good cause.

This city does not focus enough attention on tortillas, according to one Austinite. KUT's ATXplained project set out to learn why.

People have all kinds of interpretations of this sculpture. But what is it and where did it come from?

Your curiosity is the source of these stories. So send us your questions about Austin's people, places and culture.

A listener said she considered topless women the backdrop of Barton Springs, but not necessarily of smaller neighborhood pools. She wanted to know how the practice became such a part of Austin's culture.