Austin's hot, dry summer creates ideal conditions for hardening fresh asphalt. So the Public Works Department toils through the sweltering heat to resurface as many miles of roads as possible then.

There are multiple tales behind a cave known as Stark’s mine in the area. It was said to be dug over 100 years ago in an attempt to find buried treasure.

We met Yorkie Louie back in 2019 when a listener asked about the man on the dance floor with a disco ball on a stick. Yorkie left Austin last month for Denver to be closer to family and farther from Texas' conservative politics.

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?