4. Harry Ransom Center

The center holds more than 1 million rare books, 36 million literary manuscripts, 5 million photographs, and about 100,000 works of art. One of the few surviving copies of the Gutenberg Bible and the first photograph ever taken? They're here. The personal works of Ernest Hemingway, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, and Mark Twain? Yep, they're part of the archives. What about Gertrude Stein's pens and Edgar Allan Poe's desk? They're here, too, and that's only a fraction of it. (from Southern Living)

UNIVERSITY AREA.   Little-known but highly renowned, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas is a cultural mainstay and – as host to many world-famous exhibits – a great reason to come running back to Austin. Plan an afternoon at the Ransom Center and view the Gutenberg Bible, Frida Kahlo paintings, Ernest Hemingway manuscripts, and a collection of Robert DeNiro films.   (© 10Best)

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