If you adore Winnie-the-Pooh, Austin celebrates Eeyore’s birthday on the last Saturday of April, and has since 1963. So, it’s no surprise that Austin has over 200 live music venues and 2,000 bands that call the city home, earning the title of Live Music Capital of the World. Janis Joplin, the rock legend, got her start in Austin at Threadgill’s, a gas station and restaurant where bands played for rounds of beer. Go to Hippie Hollow, a clothing-optional beach on Lake Travis, if you prefer to go au naturel. Hippie Hollowīelieve it or not, Austin has the only nude beach in all of Texas, since Texas has no laws stopping women from going topless in public. Austin, the “Father of Texas” and the republic’s first secretary of state. in 2017, at one point Austin was completely underwater and home to ten underwater volcanoes that geologists call “explosion craters.” Originally named Waterloo, this city eventually changed its official name to Austin in honor of Stephen F. News & World Report as the best place to live in the U.S.
