Tucked away in a quiet residential neighborhood at 4422 Lareina Dr, Austin, TX 78745, sits one of the most unexpected and mesmerizing art installations you’ll ever stumble upon.
The Cathedral of Junk is exactly what it sounds like: a towering, multilevel structure built entirely from over 60 tons of discarded furniture, old toys, hubcaps, bicycles, kitchen gadgets, and every imaginable piece of refuse you can think of.
Created by artist Vince Hannemann starting in the late 1980s, this backyard masterpiece has become a quirky pilgrimage site for travelers seeking something genuinely offbeat and authentically Austin…