Located just a block and a half from the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin, Aralyn Hughes lives and works in a converted office suite above a retail store and art gallery.

Her home, although private, is also her realtor brokerage office and the destination of many locals who come to join her for dance lessons, art lesson, and drumming lessons in her "reception area." She also keeps her pet pig at home with her, and tourists may see the pig out at play in the improvised 'back yard' accessible by the alley.

Aralyn has sometimes been called "The Queen of Weird" but in a city this fun and this - well, unusual - I assure you she is not alone.

For more insight, watch the TravelGoat movie: "Coloring Outside of the Lines: Aralyn Hughes."